It was a double tragedy for the people of Oro town and its environs in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara as the occurrences of two natural disasters within 48 hours destroyed 80 shops and residential buildings in the Kwara South communities.
“My workers and I were at work when the windstorm started, I had to disengage them for safety, the windstorm came in such a way that we could not take anything away from the factory. The rainstorm disaster occurred a few hours after the state governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq left Oro, the country home of the minister of Information and Culture Alh Lai Mohammed, where he had gone to sympathise with the people of the town over the fire disaster.
The zonal spokesperson, Oro community, Mr Niyi Adekeye, said “The whole incident has thrown the entire Oro and its environs into total darkness. We are therefore appealing to the state government to come to our rescue. What is most devastating is that one of our industrious sons Hon Shina Afolabi on Monday completed the roofing of his house. The rain with its storms came and blew the entire roof off.
“I cannot make any statement for now over the windstorm destruction,” he said, adding that he was not at home when it happened. He said the junior priest was the one around when it happened.
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