Residents Stranded Over Downpour In Ogbomoso

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Thousands of residents of Adun-in, Abogunde and Ogbomoso Baptist High School areas in Ogbomoso were on Thursday morning stranded at the banks of Adun-in and Baaki rivers as the areas were submerged by flood following heavy downpour. 

BCOS correspondent in Ogbomoso, Aderemi Akanmu who visited the affected areas this morning sighted residents of each of the areas at the river banks. 

Speaking with some residents of the areas, Mr Martins Chukwuno,Omowumi Oluwadarasinmi, Bello Mikhail and Oladayo Oyetunde, they expressed concern over the incident and appealed to state and local governments and other relevant authorities to save their lives by dredging the river to ensure free flow of water. 

It was another ugly incident at Abogunde area where flood chased out some resident out of their houses. 

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