The Executive Chairman of Oluyole Local Government and Allied Peoples Movement (APM) House of Representatives candidate for Oluyole Federal Constituency, Engr. Akeem Olatunji, has criticized Hon. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, the member representing Oluyole Federal Constituency, over the handling of the Ayegun-Olomi road rehabilitation project.
Olatunji also announced the commencement of pothole-filling activities along damaged sections of the road to provide relief to motorists and other road users.
The intervention, which commenced on Monday, October 26, comes amid concerns over the reported abandonment of the road project, which falls under the Federal Government’s jurisdiction.
While inspecting the ongoing rehabilitation, Olatunji alleged that the project had long been abandoned by Sadipe and accused the federal lawmaker of failing to ensure sustained work despite its importance to residents and commuters.
He further claimed that work only resumed recently after the lawmaker reportedly directed contractors back to site, a move he attributed to the approaching 2027 elections and an attempt to score cheap political points.
According to Olatunji, the community-led exercise was intended to address the immediate hardship faced by road users rather than engage in political exchanges.
He said his decision to intervene was informed by the need to provide practical relief to residents who depend on the road for daily activities.
“We have now taken a bold step by filling up those potholes,” Olatunji said, insisting that residents need tangible improvements, not political statements.
He faulted what he described as attempts to use media appearances and political activities to portray the project as evidence of effective representation without adequately addressing the road’s condition.
Olatunji argued that residents are aware of the situation on ground and can assess their representatives based on infrastructure.
“As everyone can see, we have moved several trucks of rubble and other road rehabilitation materials to the faulty areas for immediate works.
“We hope that our dear honourable will stop playing cheap politics with human lives and use the rest of her tenure in the 10th Assembly to bring federal government presence here.
“It is the least she could have done but she’s all about junketing between Abuja and Lagos where she stays. The people of Oluyole whom she ought to represent are urging her to use the remaining part of her last tenure at the green chamber to do something meaningful and impactful that can be pointed to by the ordinary people.
“We are not joining her with empty talks or grandstanding. She believes that the people lack consciousness of the reality on ground, such that bringing cameras and politicians to recycle old claims would confuse them,” he said.
According to him, the intervention is expected to offer temporary relief to motorists, though the extent of the exercise and number of sections covered were not immediately specified.
The community intervention, however, does not replace the need for comprehensive rehabilitation of the road, which requires appropriate attention from relevant federal authorities.
