Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta, on Wednesday, refuted the reports of a bridge collapse at Obo River on Ogwashi-Uku-Kwale road, saying it was farther from truth.
The governor, who was on inspection tour of the road project, said that the road, currently being dualised, caved in at a small spot by the river on Monday, but was quickly fixed.
He said that the little challenge occurred when a diversion created for the construction of a bridge on the road overwhelmed the temporary channel, causing it to erode the soil and the culverts underneath.
According to Okowa, the incident at Obo river is not a collapsed bridge.
“It’s actually a collapsed road; not the bridge itself because the bridge is just about being constructed.
“What happened was that with the diversion of the Obo river, coupled with a lot of rains, the road collapsed
“We were told that they worked up till 1:30 a.m. to get the road back. And, you saw on site that they are trying to do another diversion to enable them start the bridge itself. So work is ongoing there,” he said.
