The only bridge linking Eruwa with Lanlate town of Oyo State has collapsed.
It was gathered that the bridge collapsed in the early hours of Tuesday as a result of downpour which lasted for several hours.
Eruwa and Lanlate are in Ibarapa East Local Government Area.
One of the residents of the area, Adejumo Ogundele, urged the state government to urgently fix the bridge.
Ogundele, told newsmen that he saw the collapsed bridge on Tuesday morning due to heavy rainfall.
According to him, the bridge has been in bad condition since. We hope the state government will fix it as soon as possible, because a journey of a few minutes will now take hours with the usage of adjoining roads.”
Meanwhile, Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Adebo Ogundoyin has directed two commissioners in the State to immediately inspect the Eruwa/Lanlate bridge.
Ogundoyin, who is Hails from Eruwa town, said that he had directed the Commissioner for Works and Transport and his counterpart in the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters to immediately inspect the bridge washed away by flood in the early hours of Tuesday.
He urged the commissioners to take urgent action on how to solve the problem faced by the people of the area.
