President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday evaded the notorious Lagos-Badagry-Seme Road, preferring to fly instead to Seme for the official handover of the
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday evaded the notorious Lagos-Badagry-Seme Road, preferring to fly instead to Seme for the official handover of the new Economic Community of West African States border posts in Badagry to his Republic of Benin counterpart, Patrice Talon. The symbolism of his mode of transportation was received by some residents with great disappointments, as they alleged the action as refusal to travel by road and experience their painful reality.
At the event, a traditional ruler, Akran of Badagry, Aholu Menu Toyi I, described the road as an embarrassment, saying: “We are appealing to our amiable president to, as a matter of urgency, start reconstruction of the road. As a father of all traditional rulers in this division, I have written a request to President Buhari on the repair of the road and I’m hopeful that he will read it.”
Also, the Aholu of Kweme Kingdom, Badagry, Oba Sejiro Olalekan, said it would have been better appreciated had the president come by road to see what the indigenes were passing through.
