Afe Babalola, Deputy Gov, Task Contractor On Alternative Route

LEGAL icon, Chief Afe Babalola ( SAN), Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Chief Bisi Egbeyemi and the Ewi of Ado Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adeyemo Adejugbe, yesterday, tasked the contractor handling collapsed Ureje Bridge in Ado Ekiti to provide alternative route for residents.

This was just as the timely intervention of Babalola prevented some residents from disrupting the bridge’s construction situated along AdoIjan- Ikare Road yesterday.

The restive residents, including drivers and Okada riders plying the route, market men and women and other road users, had planned a protest for Saturday against the contractor over total closure of the road, which had cut off their means of livelihood since the project began a week ago.

A section of the bridge had last year collapsed due to flooding, which led to the death of a man while some property in the area also got damaged.

Addressing the contractor and residents of Ureje area yesterday, Babalola, chided the Federal Government for starting the project late and urged residents to endure the pains in the interest of the generality of the people.

Also present at the briefing were the Deputy Governor, Chief Bisi Egbeyemi and the Ewi of Ado Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adeyemo Adejugbe.

Babalola noted that the project and the closure of AdoIjan- Ikare road had disrupted the day- to- day activities at Afe Babalola University ( ABUAD) and the Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti, among other areas that were adversely affected by the closure.