A heavy downpour supported by strong wind has destroyed over 100 houses in communities across Ilara-Mokin, Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State.
Areas affected were Oladeji street, Hospital Road, Odo Gbeyin, Oja Jare quarters opposite Elizade road, the Apostolic Primary School, Ilara Mokin among others.
Oba Abiodun Adefehinti, the Alara of Ilara Mokin, who described the incident as shocking, appealed for quick assistance from the state government.
He said: “We know what it is in the economy right now, we know that there is paucity of funds and prices are on the high side but notwithstanding we have to make point of call to the government that we need assistance.
“More than 100 houses are affected and the number of people who slept outside during these past nights would be close to 200 or more than that. Some of them have taken time to repair those ones that were not terribly damaged. We know government as a lot of things to do, however, we are appealing to them that we need their assistance,” he added.
However, the commissioner for Energy, Mines and Natural Resources, Razaq Obe, said that the damage caused by the rainstorm was unprecedented.
His words: “The best view of the carnage was possibly in the morning where people woke up to see the level of destruction in the community, the essence of our coming is to see for ourselves and convey the message to those that have responsibility to intervene.
“We cannot complain to God, it is a natural disaster but we will do our best to take this message to the government of Ondo State and even to higher levels that government should rise to help the people because many of them could not say a word they only speak to us through their tears. The best we can do is to come out quickly and help them.”