If the response of some residents of the above mentioned area is to be believed, the sins of the Governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun, may be visited on his anointed candidate, Abiodun Akinlade, whose rejection by the All Progressives Congress (APC) has pitch him (Amosun) against the party.
Some of the residents who claimed that there is nothing in the area that Amosun would point to as his legacy for the eight years he governed Ogun State which the areas happen to be a part of.
They claimed that there are no roads or any other presence of government in the area that is supposed to be fast development new towns that would have been likened to Lekki and all its environs in Lagos State.
In the words of a resident, Mr. Uzo Onyeoma, who moved to Abule Odu area of Alagbado from Maryland in Lagos State on completion of his house in 2016, “as I talk to you now, there is simply no road to Abule Odu area of Alagbado. When it rains, you will spend the whole day at home because you will not get vehicle to go out and even if you are mobile, you cannot go anywhere also because there are no roads. The roads are always flooded and muddy as a result of his so called 10 lanes road. When it is dry season, it is so dusty that if you are lucky to ply the road, all your hair or head will be covered by red earth.
“Head or tail, we are at the receiving end and I see no reason why any right thinking person in this area will cast his vote for whoever Amosun is backing. I thank God that the APC has rejected Akinlade as its candidate; that is a sign of what will happen to him and his candidate next year.”
If you think that Onyema’s outburst is a ranting of an aggrieved non-indigine whose one man, one vote cannot change the resolve of majority of South West people to vote whoever APC presents as its candidate for any election, then listen to the wailing of Alhaji Mukila Atanda a commuter bus driver who also lives at Alagbado Crossing and plies Alagbado/Iju/Ishaga route.
Atanda who spoke in Yoruba had this to say: “I won’t tell you lie. There is no road from Iju to Alagbado Crossing, a distance of less than 10 kilometres. The last time the road was rehabilitated was in the days of Segun Osoba as governor. And as I speak to you, it has been washed off due to lack of maintenance. It started failing in the regime of Otunba Gbenga Daniel and failed completely under the watch of Amosun. Mere look at my bus and my dress will tell you what I am saying. The little money we make ends up in the pockets of mechanics. Even Okada cannot ply the road. Because of the bad Iju to Alagbado road, which is supposed to be a journey of N50, it now cost as much as N200. We can never vote for Amosun and whatever he represents. He has not been fair to us. Look at all the houses he demolished in the guise of building a 10-lane road. Has the road not been abandoned? Would it not have been better if he had left the road the way he met it? Amosun will not go unpunished; we will punish him and Akinlade with our PVCs next year. Mark my words.”
According Bamidel Adepoju who domiciles in Akute, “Amosun does not believe that the people who live in the border towns of Ogun State exist. Otherwise, how can he neglect all these areas that can generate revenue to the state because of its huge population and potential to boast the states internally generated revenue (IGR). Aside Agbara and Magboro axis, these area are the next cash cow for the state if he can give us road. Just road, nothing else. The road to Alagbado from Iju is bad. You cannot access Lambe through Oke Aro/Giwa. Akute road is also bad. Amosun has been unfair to us and we are also going to be unfair to him with our PVCs. We are going to show Akinlade.
