The truck was reportedly on its way into Ogun State when the driver lost control and the vehicle overturned.
The incident, which occurred a few minutes after 11 p.m., halted vehicular movement along the axis.
Prime9jaOnline previously reported that on Sunday, a container fell and crushed nine occupants of a commercial bus in Lagos' Ojuelegba neighborhood.
On Monday morning, another container was reported to have fallen along the Dopemu end of the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway.