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To ensure security of lives and property and stem the tide of armed robbery in his constituency, the lawmaker representing Egbeda/Ona Ara Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon Akin Alabi, has provided solar powered street lights to some communities.
The beneficiaries include Oki Road to ‘Ipari Oda’, NEPA office, Olorunsogo station and environs; Sawmill/Baba Love to Ogbere/Moradeyo Road, Ogo Oluwa community, Figbayemi community, Ola Oluwa community and Oyadare community.
Speaking, Alabi said he provided the street lights after some constituents complained about people hiding behind the darkness to perpetrate crime in their communities.
He, however, appealed to residents of the communities to ensure that the street lights are not vandalised.
Some residents, who spoke on the lawmaker’s gesture, described Alabi as a listening lawmaker. They said that street lights have ensured that those who use darkness to perpetrate evil have no hiding place in their communities.