Road Rehabilitation: Bi-Courtney Gets Protection

The police authorities have asked the Ogun State Government to stop interfering with the rehabilitation of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway being carried out by Bi-Courtney Highway Services Ltd. (BCHSL), a source has said.

The reliable source at the BCHSL told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos that the police authorities had also directed an end to the alleged harassment of the company’s workers on the site.

The workers were allegedly being harassed by agents of the Ogun State Government.

The source, who pleaded anonymity, said that the police decision followed a petition to the acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, by the company, asking for intervention.

He said that the BCHSL workers would return to the site on Thursday, although their equipment seized by the government had yet to be released.

He said that the Federal Government and the BCHSL were still determined to ensure that the Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) agreement on the road was adhered to.

Reports had said that Ogun State Government tried to prevent the company from securing the highway’s right of way, a major step in road reconstruction or expansion.