A group of youth, under the aegis of Concerned Sango
Youth yesterday staged a peaceful protest carrying placards with inscriptions
such as "death trap, Government please save us", "people are
dying here" and "Goverment please do something", over the dilapidated
condition of a part of the road, close to Ijokodo junction, Ibadan.
The youths has called for immediate
rehabilitation of the collapsed portion of the Alaaro-Ijokodo road, in Ibadan
North Local Government area of Oyo State. They decried the nonchalant attitude
of Government to the road, which they said was a death trap for thousands of
people who ply the road everyday.
According to the
Spokesperson of the group, Mr. Jimoh Ojo said out of the normal eight metres
measurement of the road, only two point one metres was safe for motorists to
ply.
Some motorists who ply the route lamented that the
collapsed portion has been neglected for almost five years and has claimed many
lives.
All efforts to obtain a comment from the
Chairman of the local government area or the state government proved abortive.
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