For the 16 years which the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) was the ruling party in the country, the people
of Alagbole-Akute in Ifo local government have
always remained loyal to the ACN/APC.

The people of these areas have voted en-mass for
the ACN (Now APC) and as a result, in the 2011 governorship polls in Ogun state, the party’s candidate, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, defeated former governor of the
state, Otunba Gbenga Daniel of the PDP to become Ogun state governor.

In return for their votes, one demand residents of
Alagbole- Akute have continued to put forward to
Governor Amosun is the reconstruction of the Ijoko-
Berger road.

This is the road that stretches from Sango/Ijoko
through Akute, Alagbole up to Berger part of Lagos
state.

Instead of granting this singular wish of thousands
of residents living in these suburbs of Lagos state
that fall within the boundary of Ogun state, Governor
Amosun has made their situation worse. Residents of these outskirts have been going through
hard times.

Governor Ibikunle Amosun at the beginning of his
first term in office announced that he would be going
on a road reconstruction projects in the state to build
overhead bridges and link roads to ease transport for
road users.

While he has achieved that goal in Ijebu Ode,
Abeokuta, Sagamu (partly), the governor has failed
to complete or even go half way to complete the
project in Ifo local government of the state.

Early 2014, Governor Amosun visited Akute, Alagbole
and other adjoining villages and promised to complete
the ongoing reconstruction of the Sango/Ijoko-
Berger road.
Almost a year now, construction work on the road
project has stopped and residents in Alagbole-Akute
areas have been going through hard times.
Alagbole-Akute residents have had to use canoes to
cross over from Akute to Yakoyo to enter bikes to get
to work.

In a recent interview on TVC, Governor Amosun had
denied insinuation that the road project was
abandoned because of his reelection campaign. He
claimed that the reduced allocation his government
was getting from the federal government was the
reason he could not pay the contractors to complete
the bridge.
The question many residents asked then was: why
build a castle when you only have materials for a
duplex?

Since the rainy season started, residents of
Alagbole-Akute have been going through hard times
to get to their work places in Lagos due to the
abandoned road project.
One Okada rider who lives in the area told this writer
(who also lives in the area), “Amosun no pity us for
here at all. This suffering is too much"

Many residents in the area believe that Amosun
ignored the region because of its close proximity to
Lagos state.

A Banker, who identified himself as Bode, narrated
how tax payment forms were brought to his bank on
Allen Avenue, Ikeja.
He said, “they brought a form for us in the office
telling us to identify if we live in Lagos or Ogun
state. Some people were saying Amosun wants to
collect tax money from those living in Akute, Alagbole
and other suburbs of Lagos state while he is not
doing anything to better their lives.”

Since Amosun was sworn-in as Governor of Ogun
state for the second term last Friday, many residents
of Alagbole-Akute are hoping he would bring an end
to these sufferings by making sure the construction
company in charge of the road project gets back to
work as soon as possible.

Source: www.naij.com/452447-the-pains-of-residents-in-alagbole-akute-area-photos.html

Below are some of the photos taken from Alagbole
end of the road construction:

How can residents be loyal to APC for the past 16 years ?



APC is a baby party , less than 3 years old

The ijoko road is worse. A pregnant woman is liable to go into premature labour on that road. Simply appalling

Ure sayin it like everybody livin there votes and dey all vote for APC, hw u take knw? U dey read their minds abi na INEC u dey work?

Ishilove:
The ijoko road is worse. A pregnant woman is liable to go into premature labour on that road. Simply appalling

Shud I start takin pictures of my own road? If ure lookin to abort a child, jus pass thru my area free of charge u don abort am

the road is bad no thought about that but A P C is just a year which should b corrected