Ogun residents protest collapsing bridge, appeal to Abiodun for urgent intervention

By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta
Residents of Sodeke-Titun Ilupeju, Oke Odo, and 22 other communities in the Sabo area of Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State on Wednesday staged a peaceful protest over the deteriorating condition of a bridge linking their communities to the Lafenwa-Sabo axis.
The protesters urged Governor Dapo Abiodun to urgently intervene to prevent the total collapse of the only access bridge serving the affected communities.
Carrying placards with inscriptions such as “No Road, No Bridge, Yet You Tax Us” and “Save Our Communities from Isolation,” the residents decried years of neglect and repeated failed appeals for government action.
Speaking during...