Residents lament as heavy downpour washes off Ondo bridge [PHOTOS]
district of Ondo State, they never had the premonition that the
midnight's heavy downpour would cost them to be "miles" apart despite
sharing boundaries.
Residents of the two communities woke to see that the only bridge
connecting them has been wash off by the midnight downpour which
lasted for hours.
With this development, it is now a compulsory task for members of the
affected communities to go through a longer route if they plan to
travel to other parts of the senatorial district, instead of a journey
which usually last some minutes before the collapse of the bridge.
The development has caused confusion in the Akoko and Ose local
government axis of the state as prospective travelers have been
stranded because of lack of access road.
A former Councillor in Ose local government, Isaac Obiniran, while
calling on government to expedite effort at reconstructing the bridge,
stated that the only alternative route is not only longer but also in
a terrible state with robbers usually operating there.
"There is hardly a week that travelers will not be robbed or kidnapped
along the road.
"The other Ipele- Idoani- Isua road, which is federal highway that
would have been a good alternative to Oba – Akungba -Oka road, is also
in a very bad state.
He urged the Ondo state government to quickly come to the rescue of
numerous travelers passing through the road.
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