Residents of the senior civil servants housing estate, located at Ayerose village in Obafemi Owode local government area of Ogun State, have lamented the continuous burglary of their homes and lose of properties.
The estate, which comprises 51 buildings, has been plagued by incessant burglaries, with over N120 million worth of property stolen.
Speaking to Journalists after inspecting burgled houses in the estate on Thursday, the state chairman of the association, Issa Olude, urged the state governor, Dapo Abiodun to intervene and provide improved security measures.
Olude stated that the lack of security and deplorable road conditions have forced many residents to abandon their homes in search of safer areas.
He said, “As a senior civil servant, we have considered it necessary to have an estate befitting that can probably be that one that can stand the test of time for civil and senior civil servants. As my colleagues have said, we have 51 buildings here, and what we have was from savings of members”.
” We want to appeal to the government to provide Amotekun corps, we want both afternoon and night parades and security of the estate so that senior civil servant can have a rest of sleep and prepare for their work daily”.
Mr Sunday Adeboye, a member of the Association and president of the estate, lamented that the civil servants who are suppose to live in a safe and secure living environment now live in fear due to increase burglary of their homes.
Adeboye disclosed that despite previous interventions by the state government, including the installation of solar streetlights and the construction of culverts, the estate’s residents continue to face significant security challenges.
He said, ” We brought you here to see the extent of the damages done and all the electrification which is the major target, the electrification in each of the houses has been vandalized. Where they have restrictions and resistance to enter, they burgle the buglary doors and some properties of people where carried away”
He attributed the poor condition of the road leading to the estate as a contributing factor and called for immediate repairs to stop such incidents from re occurring in the future.
“We appeal to all necessary agency involve to come to our aid in providing a motorable road to this place, its one of the reasons why some of our colleagues left their homes here, because the road is bad.
“And that is one thing we cannot do individually, the road is not a one man thing, it is beyond us, so we need government to please come to our aid to see that we have peace of mind in this community.
Also speaking, Ibrahim Fatai, secretary of the estate, disclosed that no fewer than 15 houses have been targeted by burglars in recent weeks.
Fatai added that one suspected buglar was caught, and arrested alongside with those who bought the stolen electrical wirings in Ajebo area of the state.
