COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES TRAFFIC DIVERSION IN IBADAN AS TINUBU ATTENDS OLUBADAN CORONATION FRIDAY

September 24, 2025

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By: Sefiu Ajape

Ibadan residents have been advised to expect traffic diversions on Friday, September 26, as President Bola Tinubu joins dignitaries for the coronation of the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, at the historic Mapo Hall.

The Coronation Organising Committee, chaired by former CCII President Chief Bayo Oyero, announced the traffic measures in a statement issued Tuesday by its security sub-committee.

According to the advisory, the following routes will be closed from 7:00 a.m. on Friday: Beere Junction inward Mapo Hall; Born Photo Junction inward Oja’ba; Idi-Arere Junction inward Oja’ba; and Itamerin Junction inward Mapo Hall.

To ease movement, the committee designated three official parking areas for guests: the Ibadan North Local Government car park in front of the Immigration Office, Agodi; the football field beside Yemetu Police Station; and Liberty Stadium, Oke Ado. Shuttle buses will convey invited guests from these parks to Mapo Hall.

Food vendors and traders were instructed to arrive between 6:00 a.m. and 6:45 a.m. before the road closures take effect.

The committee stressed that only the convoys of President Tinubu and Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, will be granted direct access to Mapo Hall through the restricted routes.