Students, Residents of Ife deterred of movement because of flood.

Oludiran Olusola

It was a bad Sunday for the residents of Ile Ife both the students of Obafemi Awolowo University and the indigenes of the town as massive flood deterred most people from gaining access to their houses while some could not sleep in their different destinations because of the overwhelming flood which almost took over the whole town.

The heavy downpour which started around 11am on Sunday 29th July  2018  and ended around 5pm in the evening of the Same day did not make a blossom day for the residents of places like Mayfair,  Asherifa,  Omole Estate,  Ibadan road and other significant places in Ile Ife

When speaking with one of correspondent, Yetunde a part three student of Economics who resides in Mayfair but  was stuck by the flood from getting to her residence lamented that " This is becoming a repeated occurrence,  as similar hitch happened last year although I was staying on campus then but my friend was affected,  so I got to know but I  am now a victim this year , I will have to wait till the flood reduces before going to my house. I think the school has to bring us back to campus because it is a bad thing to occur to we students but we are incapacitated. "

Another student Lateef Olaoye from Psychology department who was not a victim but came to sympathize with the victims said " I think this is the fault of the government,  they saw this happening last year but they did nothing , I hope this will not  bring more damages because it doesn't affect students alone but the indigenes too .

Another student,  Daniel Olorunyomi who surprisingly met his house flooded when getting home in the night, but had no choice but to find another place to sleep lamented and decried the incidents as he condemned the government and described as them as "scam" in his words he said " I don't know what to say,  I can believe I was sent out my comfort zone because of this (flood)  , I swear this government is scam.

Meanwhile up to this moment,  no authority has reacted to the overwhelming to the incidents as at the time of collating this piece.

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