Flooded area. Credit: Cable
Commuters and motorists were stranded for several hours on Thursday after flooding submerged a section of the Benin-Ore-Ijebu Ode Expressway in the Ore corridor of Odigbo Local Government Area, Ondo State.
PUNCH Metro reports that some areas in Ondo town, Odigbo, Irele, Ode-Aye, and Igbokoda also experienced flooding following a downpour which lasted for several hours, while properties worth millions of naira were destroyed as vehicles and houses were submerged. However, there was no loss of life in the incident.
According to a resident of Ore, who identified himself simply as Segun, the expressway was totally logjammed, while motorists took the longer Okitipupa-Omotosho route to connect to the expressway.
“The traffic logjam on the expressway was too much today. The road had been taken over by flood, while some motorists who knew another route passed through the Okitipupa-Akinfosile-Omotosho road, which is a very long journey. Some travellers were stranded and were lamenting.”
