Lagos.Cool Editorial
Ikeja to Lekki dey reverse the classic Island commute, dey send mainland resident toward the peninsula office and estate over roughly 25km via the Ikorodu Road corridor, Third Mainland Bridge and Ozumba Mbadiwe. Off-peak e dey 45-60 minute drive; the morning tide dey run the other way, so Ikeja-to-Lekki commuter often dey get slightly easier ride inbound pass their Island-to-mainland counterpart — until the Lekki toll and Ozumba approach bunch up.
Like im reverse, na largely car and ride-hailing route. Bolt and Uber over the distance na substantial fare, gentler off-peak, and the Lekki toll na standing cost for driver. Public transport mean to chain danfo from Ikeja through Ojota to the bridge and down enter Lekki, wey cheap but slow and transfer-heavy; most Ikeja professional wey dey work for Lekki dey drive or split the cost of car. No single direct public line dey for the trip.
The advantage of this direction na counter-flow: heavy Lekki-bound morning traffic dey lighter than the mainland-bound crush, so Ikeja resident with Lekki job fit sometimes beat the worst of am. Even so, the bridge dey set the ceiling — comot before the 7 AM build-up and e smooth, comot later and the toll plaza and Ozumba go do the damage. Time am well and Ikeja to Lekki na one of the more bearable long commute for the city.