Communities in Ese Odo Area Of Ondo State Submerged in Natural Disaster

Floods believed to be from a heavy downpour have submerged the Igbobini communities in the Ese Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State.

It was a ‘terrible disaster’ as it has caused havoc on numerous households in the community. Properties worth millions of Naira have already been destroyed, as residents in the area are begging for national media attention. The people of the Oluagbo and Igbobini communities in the Ese Odo area of Ondo State are known to be fishermen. Also women who deal in the large supply of sea-foods said the incident has crippled their businesses, with untold hardship for the past three days.

 

This natural occurrence will definitely cripple the academic environment of the community’s children. Following the incidents of mass flooding, residents and indigenes have now used carved boats in order to have access to their roads to move about, and to avoid floating debris.

Residents are begging for urgent attention to reduce the multiplier effects, which they said could be hazardous to their health. “Now, we don’t have clean water to drink anymore. There is no food and everywhere you go there is flooding”, they lamented. “Our source of livelihood has been affected. Even sand quarrying, fishing, and crop farming, which are popular businesses down here, have been destroyed,” said another resident.