A newlywed, Mr. Glory Jato, has been reportedly swept away by flood at Bethel Estate, Oba Ile in Akure, North Council Area of Ondo State.
The victim was said to be returning from work when he was swept away by flood caused by last Friday heavy downpour.
Speaking about the incident to journalists, the Assistant Secretary of the Landlord Association of Bethel Estate, Oba Ile, Pastor Gbenga Ojuloge, however, called on the Ondo State government to come to the aid of the community by dredging the water way in the area to prevent the repeat of the incident.
Ojuloge, who said flooding in the area has become worrisome to the residents of the estate, explained that: “We are using this opportunity to draw attention of both the Federal Government and State Government and the local government to what is actually going on here in our community.
“This is the main access road to the community and flood is already taking what we have used our years of our lives to construct.
“Everything you can see on the bridge is actually the effort of the landlords of the community, we discovered that the flood will just come and push everything away, so we are calling in the government to come to our aid.
“On Friday we lost a soul here and that is why we are calling and we want everyone to know that this is the main access to all the flood coming from Ijapo, Alagbaka, oja oba, so immediately there is rain, no access to our roads again.”
Also, another landlord, Mr. Olusola Osupala, said the community has written several letters to some intervention agencies for assistance without any fruitful result.
