In this report by OLUWATOSIN OMOJUYIGBE, some residents of Ogun communities share their security concerns about homeless migrants from the northern part of the country occupying underbridges in the areas
She said, “I have always had my reservations about these people, with the way they have turned the under bridge into their permanent abode. They, especially their children, always constitute a public nuisance to the extent that if you are not careful while driving, you will almost knock them down while they’re running after vehicles to beg for money.
She said, “I feel they see living under the bridge, sleeping in front of shops as a norm and they have found that place as their comfort zone. These people have a vast area of land that they could use for farming in their villages but they prefer to come to cities to beg because they feel the grass is greener on this side.
Hassan, a lawyer, said he preferred crossing the expressway to passing through the under bridge whenever it was late. Hassan, who urged the state government to construct camps for the migrants, also called for their documentation. But some of the affected northerners in separate interviews with The PUNCH explained why they had made under bridges their homes. Twenty-year-old Usman Yakubu was full of great expectation by the time he relocated from Zamfara State to Ogun StateEncouraged by such tales, Yakubu left his village in search of greener pasture but unfortunately, three years after arriving in the city, he has not been able to afford a single room accommodation. He sleeps under one of the bridges in the community.
He said, “I had wanted to come and work here, make as much money so that I could go back to my village to meet my family but when I got here, I realised that it was not as easy as we were told. I work as a scavenger and the money I make is not enough for me not to talk about sending some home.”
In entire country is the same.
Leave matter joor, trust me; even kpor-kpor go dey go chop for that buca for under that bridge self. The country hard jor🙄
FG didn't see Ogun indigene in Benin Republic, I hope they will see them under bridge within Ogun state now.
This is what you get when a country is hard. How much to rent house? Agents will want to collect same amount for house rent as %. And a country that values no life, needs to be disintegrated will discipline and feelings as well. We have no where to go, we die here.