Military Plane Crash: Traditional ruler cries out as decaying bodies ‘pollute’ community’s source of drinking water
He said the lack of a plan to protect the people from the inherent pollution was unfair to the people, as the government could have cordoned off the area so that the polluted water could be kept back from flowing into the main river.
A humanitarian crisis may hit Igbokoda, the headquarters of Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, following the pollution of the source of water for the community by decaying bodies of the victims of the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) plane that crashed there last week.
The traditional ruler of the community, Afolabi Odidiomo, told PREMIUM TIMES on Tuesday that the body of water has been polluted, leaving the people with contaminated water both for drinking and other domestic uses.
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