A large portion of Ado Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti state has been overtaken by midnight heavy downpour which lingered till Wednesday morning.
Mainly affected areas in the metropolis are; the Ureje area along Poytevhnic road and other adjoining communities like Boom town, Eminrin and Ijelu village, alsimo called Aba Oyinbo by commuters.
The rainfall which started around 8pm on Tuesday and lasted till 6am on Wednesday fell intermittently throughout the night and created the flood that overran the bridge on Ado-Ijan-Ikare road, which also linked the capital city to the Federal Polytechnic region.
Commuters traveling along that route between that six hours had to pack their vehicles at the nearby filling stations and waited until it subsided.
The flood also surged into a church and about five houses located within the vicinity of Ureje Bridge.
A resident who narrated his ordeal, said: “Nobody could cross that bridge to the Polytechnic side or go into Ado Ekiti city. Most of the residents had to wake up and caught a glimpse of the ravaging-fast moving water.”
Also, residents of the Boom town, Eminrin, had to to stay indoors till 12 noon before they could cross Ureje stream that devastated their environment.
The Chairman of the community, Mr. Oladimeji, appealed to government to dredge the stream to lower the water in a bid to prevent re-occurrence of the flooding.
“This Ureje stream was dredged about three years ago, but the job was not well done and the effect is what we are feeling today.
“About four houses could have been destroyed but for communal efforts made to ensure that we concrete the same inner Ureje bridge that linked us with Oke Ila region.
“There was need for government to do more thorough job to dredge to reduce the water level.”
