A candidate of the Peoples' Democratic Party, PDP vying to represent Odogbolu State Constituency at the Ogun State House of Assembly in the 2023 elections, Honourable Lukmon Adeleye has berated Governor Dapo Abiodun over his negligence to repair the Agoro -Okun Owa axis of the old Lagos-Benin Road which has now become a den for criminals, killing innocent road users passing the route.
Hon Adeleye who condemned the avoidable loss of lives on the road was reacting to the recent gruesome murder of Amos Oyemachi in Odogbolu, by yet-to-be-identified persons.
Amos Oyemachi, a member of the Kajola fish farm cluster of the Yemule-Ikangba-Agoro Fish Farmers Association was reportedly killed on Monday, 12th of December, while his tricycle and other belongings were taken away and his mutilated body was discovered on the evening of the next day less than 200 meters from the main road.
Hon. Adeleye assured the fish farmers and the communities on the axis of urgent State intervention as soon as the PDP government is enthroned come 2023.
In his words, "our party is aware of the urgent need to fix this road from Odogbolu to Obalende, in Ijebu Ode. It is also necessary to put in place a dam to restrict the flow of the flood that has been ravaging the business of fish farmers in the last decades. All these we would do as a responsive government".
Hon. Adeleye said many others had fallen victim to the robbers who take advantage of the bad road to perpetrate their evil acts.
According to him, "a motorcycle rider was reportedly killed on that same route last month and he was dispossessed of his Bajaj Motorcycle with other belongings.
“These incidents have become a recurring decimal along that route, and nothing has been done to arrest and checkmate this ugly trend by the security operatives.
Hon Adeleye alleged that this was due to the failure of the State government in securing its citizens, saying "there have been several calls to Governor Abiodun to repair the damaged portion of the road and put security measures in the area, all to no avail.
He said, "since we have appealed to the state government severally to consider the lives of the citizens in the area and come to their rescue as no responsible Government would toil with the lives of the people and nothing has been done, the PDP would do the needful as soon as we get to Oke-imosan government office".
