Rainstorm destroys schools, market, town hall in Osun community

Etim Effiong

Rainstorm has wreaked havoc in parts of Ipetumodu, the headquarters of Ife North Local Government Area of Osun State.

It was learnt that the storms which occurred last Thursday and lasted from 4.12pm to 5.54 pm, destroyed property worth millions of naira.

Residents of the area said the storm affected Koso, Akinola, Ipetumodu town hall, market square to Sooko, Alagbayun to Origbo Community High School, OCHS Ipetumodu, Adekola compound, Isale-Ola, and C&S Grammar School, Ipetumodu.

The General Secretary, Ipetumodu Development Forum, IDF, Mr Kehinde Oyetumbi in a statement on Saturday said wooden shops and containers were blown off, while traffic was obstructed by electric poles which fell on the main roads linking Ipetumodu with other neighbouring communities.

“Although no casualty was recorded, many residents were seen packing out of their buildings whose roofs were blown off by the heavy downpour,” Oyetumbi said.

While calling for urgent intervention by both the state, local and Federal governments, he lamented that social and economic activities of the entire Ipetumodu have been paralysed due to the ravaging flood.

He said: “We are appealing to the Osun State government, Osun State Emergency Management Agency, OSEMA, National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA and philanthropists to come to the aid of the people of Ipetumodu.”