Lagos 2019: I’ll dismantle Lekki Toll Gate if elected – Jimi Agbaje

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in
Lagos State, Jimi Agbaje, has vowed to remove the Lekki Toll Gate, if
voted into power in 2019.

Agbaje described the fee being collected at the toll gate as illegal.

The PDP guber candidate noted that though the toll gate was built by a
concessionaire, it had since been bought over by the Lagos State
Government.

He wondered why residents were still being forced to pay tolls to pass.

Agbaje was responding to the one-hour toll-free passage recently given
to all motorists by his All Progressives Congress counterpart,
Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

Agbaje said, "Unfortunately, the toll gate is opaque because no one
knows its financial records. So, asking people on your campaign trail
and others to pass without paying for just one hour is absurd and
regrettable.

"Good road is a fundamental right of citizens and we promise to
deliver on this and many other things.

"At the moment, most Lagos roads are impassable because of their poor
condition. Now, motorists are compelled to pay heavily for passage.

"How about the so-called alternative routes? Ideally, government
should have provided alternative routes to the Lekki Toll Gate, but
the available alternate route is in a terrible shape, so everybody is
forced to use the toll gate and pay.

"Therefore, yesterday's drama by the governorship candidate of the APC
is a farce. Nobody was deceived by the party's action which also
smacks of disrespect and bondage."