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Residents of the Idomila community in the Ijebu North East Local Government area of Ogun State, on Saturday trooped out to protest the dilapidated conditions of the road to their community.
The residents said the condition of the road has posed hardship to them, and claimed more lives.
The protesters displayed placards with various messages such as “Bike man, motorists now avoid this road, “Gov. Dapo Abiodun, we appeal to you to fix Idomila road,” and ” We believe in you, Prince Dapo Abiodun, Fix Idomila road for us, it’s a death trap”, among others.
Speaking with newsmen, the Chairman of the Idomila Elders Council, Alhaji Kunle Sanni, said the community has had serious challenges conveying their farm’s produce to the markets.
He said, “We want the governor to assist in repairing this road for us. Let them check their records, in Idomila we voted wholeheartedly for the emergence of the governor.
“We have 938 houses in the Idomila community, we have about a million people in this community.
“This road is a major road connecting the Army Barracks at Ilese. Infact, we lost one of our elderly people due to this bad road.
“We are really in pain and with the coming of the rainy season, the road has worsened. We are only begging Gov Dapo Abiodun to come to our rescue.”
“We urge Gov Abiodun to please wipe away tears by fixing this road.”
