Residential and public buildings, shops, vehicles, public schools, churches and stadium were badly damaged by the rainstorm.
Mostly affeceted were one of the oldest schools in the town, the Imade College, the General Hospital, Owo Stadium, Methodist High School, St Catherine Anglican Girls Grammar School and Methodist Church.
Electric poles were deamaged leading to black out in the town.
Commercial activities were affected on major streets like Oke-Ogun, Iloro, Ehin-Ogbe, Uka as the roofs of many shops were blown off by the rainstorm.
Commissioner for Special Duties, Mr. Niran Sule-Akinsuyi, lamented the extent of damage caused by the storm.
He said, “Relevant authorities and agencies of government must quickly come to the aid of the affected people as many of them have been rendered homeless.”
The lawmaker representing Owo Constituency 1 in the state House of Assembly, Mr. Ayo Arowele, noted that many of the people no longer had shelters.
He appealed to the Federal Government, the National Emergency Management Authority, the state government and other concerned bodies to assist the people in their effort to rebuild the destroyed houses and shops.
Bishop, Owo Diocese of Methodist Church, Solomon Adegbite, appealed to the federal and state governments to come to the aid of the people.
In a related development, residents of Obasanjo Estate, in Ikere Ekiti are still counting their losses following a rain which destroyed their buildings.
Our correspondent gathered that the rain which started around 5pm on Monday blew off roofs of some of the buildings in the estate.
Also, electric poles and some trees were also uprooted by the rainstorm.
Culled from PNG
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