Flood: Bonsack/Poultry Area Residents Appeal To Delta Govt., Oshimili South Chairman For Rescue

By Onoriode Etatsemi

Residents of Bonsack/ Poultry area in Asaba, Oshimili South Local Government Area of Delta State have appealed to the State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori and the Chairman of Oshimili South local government Area , Hon. Obi Ezenyeli to come to their rescue as their only accessible road to the the town is being submerged by flood .

Speaking to newsmen in the affected Bonsack/ Poultry area, Mrs. Blessing Olisa said that the call had become necessary considering the damaging effects of the flood on the area.

She stated that they often experienced the flood in the area during the peak of the raining season especially July through October months each year , adding that whenever it rained they packed their vehicles and opt for trekking to their destinations.

Mrs Olisa who meander through the deep flooded portion of the road with this reporter, said that there was need for government to construct the road , stressing that until that was done, what they were experiencing would continue to be a reoccurring decimal .

She lamented that the most worrisome situation they are contending with in most cases is the instances where heartless landlords would pack sand on both sides of their compound along the road to prevent easy flow of water thereby hampering moments of residents.

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Mrs Olisa explained further that one of their neighbours who did same recently, attacked and inflected injury on her husband Dr Olisa for simply appealing to him to remove the heap of sand on the road to enable people trek freely across the already deep flooded portion..

She remark that the Governor of Delta State, Rt Hon, Sheriff Oborevwori is a good leader whom she described as a man with listening ears who she believed will come to their rescue the moment this comes to his notice.

Another respondent, Mr. Ikechukwu Anozie , who is a resident of the area explained that they had been complaining to previous governments over the years about the condition of the road but nothing was done .

Anozie said that they had no other choice than to appeal to this particular government of Oborevwori to come to their aid.

Engineer Ozonnachi Mishack who gave his sad story of how his immediate neighbour sent his boys to beat him up and as well break his right kneel for daring to remove the sand he used in blocking the road equally cried out to government for urgent interventions.

He told News men that his only offence was approaching his neighbour to remove the sand since it was not only preventing easy moment of persons on the road, but equally serving as easy access to criminals who now scale through his fence to rob him of his belongings with the aid of the heap of sand .

Engineer Ozonnachi added that the OzaUdubom Community , popularly known as Poultry Area, has been very peaceful for it’s residents before now, apart from the normal flooding that has been given them harrowing experiences each year.