Residents of many neighbourhoods in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital, and other towns in the state have been thrown into darkness as electric poles were destroyed by a dangerous rainstorm witnessed in the state on Friday evening.
The communities that are affected are Ajebamidele, Omisanjana, Atlas, all in Ado Ekiti, and other towns such as Ikere Ekiti, Ise Ekiti and Emure Ekiti.
The development has led to power outages as many electric poles have been destroyed in the affected areas.
Heavy rain
The heavy rain, which swept across the neighbourhoods Friday night till the early hours of Saturday, left many of the residents stranded as human and vehicular traffic was disrupted, and social and economic activities too.
The rain, which started on a peaceful note a few minutes before 5 p.m. on Friday, ceased briefly before it restarted around 6 p.m. and was accompanied by violent storms, which brought down not less than six electric concrete poles.
The cables on the affected poles…