Abule Egba is a neighborhood in

Lagos Lagos ( ; ), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwestern Nigeria. With an upper population estimated above 21 million dwellers, it is the largest city in Nigeria, the most populous urban area on the African continent, and on ...

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. Abule egba are under Alimosho LGA of Lagos. The neighborhood was the site of a

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pipeline explosion, the

2006 Abule Egba pipeline explosion The 2006 Abule Egba pipeline explosion is a disaster that occurred in the heavily populated neighborhood of Abule Egba in Lagos, Nigeria, on 26 December 2006, killing hundreds of people. There were originally believed to be around 500 deaths, but ...

, which occurred on December 26, 2006. In 2016, the Lagos Government began construction of a flyover in the neighbourhood to ease the traffic caused by millions of persons plying its road on a daily basis. The bridge was completed and commissioned in May 17, 2017 by the former governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode.

Gallery

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References

Neighbourhoods of Lagos {{LagosNG-geo-stub