Residents of Apapa and its environs have issued a fresh 21-day ultimatum to the federal government to relocate the articulated vehicles causing traffic gridlock in the area.
Chairman of the Residents Association, retired Brigadier General Sola Vaughan issued the fresh ultimatum while leading hundreds of residents on a peaceful protest to Area B Command in Apapa.
A protest letter for President Muhammadu Buhari was handed over to the Police boss in Area B Command in Apapa by the protesters.
Vaughan vowed that the association would take a legal action against the Nigerian Ports Authority and all the shipping companies if no action was taken to address the worsening situation at the end of expiration of the ultimatum.
He lamented that residents of Apapa and its environs over the years had abandoned their homes and businesses due to hardship caused by indiscriminate parking of trailers and tankers in the area.
Another concerned resident Mrs. Ronke James said hoodlums had taken advantage of the situation to unleash terror on the residents at will.
Receiving the protest letter, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mohammad Ahmadu of the Area B Command promised to deliver to the state Police boss for transmission to Buhari.
The aggrieved Apapa residents had in December 2018 issued ultimatum to the federal government to relocate the Articulated vehicles but no action was taken at the expiration of the ultimatum.
