The Oyo State Government has informed residents of Ibadan, the Sate Capital that some roads will be closed to traffic on Friday due to the expected inauguration of the New Olubadan of Ibadan Land.
This is contained in a statement signed by the Road Management Authority in the state.
According to the statement that regretted the inconveniences as a result of the road closure, adequate measures have been put in place to reduce the stress.
There will be traffic diversions at the routes leading to the ancient Mapo Hall, for the official installation of the 42nd Paramount Ruler and King of Ibadanland, His Imperial Majesty, Oba (Sen.) Lekan Balogun.
The routes which shall be shut by 12:00a.m of Thursday 10th March, 2022 and reopened 12:00p.m on Saturday 12th March, 2022 include:
1. Beere Junction inward Mapo Hall
2. Born Photo Junction inwards Oja’ba
3. Idi-Arere Junction Inwards Oja’ba
4. Itamerin Junction inwards Mapo Hall.
The Authority has however provided the following alternative routes to vehicles intending to ply the barricaded regions;
1. Alternative route to the barricade at Beere Junction are Oranyan route, Beere-Oke Dada Route and Agben-Ogunpa route.
2. Alternative route to barricade at Born-Photos are Gege route inward Oke-Ado and Idi-Arere Route inward Molete.
3. Alternative route to the Idi-Arere blockade are Agbongbon-Kobomoje-Eleta-Oranyan routes.
4. Alternative route to the Itamerin barricade are Beere-Oje route, Agbeni-Okunpa route
