Lagos.Cool Editorial
Ikorodu to Ikeja na long outer-mainland haul, roughly 25km from the fast-growing northern township of Lagos to im business capital, mostly along the Ikorodu Road corridor through Mile 12, Ketu and Ojota. Off-peak dem fit do am for 45-60 minutes; for rush hour, when Ikorodu commuter tide pour on the same road, e dey routinely stretch to two hours or more, one of the longer daily grind for the metropolis.
Na this corridor BRT dey genuinely help. The Ikorodu-to-TBS BRT line dey run dedicated lane along much of Ikorodu Road, and to take am to Ojota or Maryland and switch toward Ikeja usually faster and calmer than to sit for danfo through Mile 12. For the rest, danfo cheap and constant, with Mile 12 and Ojota as the big interchange, and keke dey cover the Ikorodu-end link. Ride-hailing over this distance expensive and e still dey stuck for the same traffic, so few dey do am daily.
The honest read: Ikorodu dey offer some of the cheapest housing for Lagos, and the commute to Ikeja na the price. The people wey dey make am work dey lean on the BRT, dey buy Cowry card, and dey comot brutally early — before 6 AM the corridor dey move. For anybody wey dey weigh Ikorodu rent against Ikeja job, budget the time, no be only the fare, because for this route the hours na the real expense.