MANY travellers and motorists on Wednesday were left stranded following the collapse of the Ado-Ekiti-Ilawe-Ekiti road, which connects the state to Ondo State.
The Forward News Media observed that the road, before the collapse, served as an alternative route to people travelling between Ekiti and Ondo states.
The other road between the two states, the AdoAkure expressway, is in deplorable condition. It was gathered that the Ado-Ekiti-Ilawe-Ekiti road collapsed in the early hours of Wednesday following persistent torrential rain experienced of late in the state.
The development made motorists and other travellers coming into Ekiti and going outside the state to make a detour and ply other routes connecting their destinations.
Some of them who spoke with The Forward News Media lamented the deplorable condition of roads in the state, just as they called on the state and federal governments to urgently work on the road in the interest of the citizens.
A motorist coming into Ado-Ekiti from Akure, Johnson Olaoluwa, stated that he spent four hours on the road before he made a detour to pass Ilawe-Igede-Iyin road to connect the Ekiti State capital.
He said: “This is what we have been clamouring for in the last few years that these roads are in bad shape, but they did not listen.
“I have been here over four hours ago hoping that we will see how to pass and as you can see, it is not possible.
