There were indications that Ubakuru Mbieri, an agrarian community, in Amaike Mbieri autonomous community in Mbaitoli council area of Imo State is in danger of being cut off, from the rest of the communities, if nothing urgent is being done to address the deplorable conditions of Orie Mbieri – Ubakuru – Eke Iho road which is the only road linking them to the rest of the world.
In view of the socioeconomic and political importance of the State’s 15 kilometers ring cum by pass road to the ancient community and its environ like Umuahii, Obazu, Achi, Amakunta,Umuomumu all in Mbieri ogo afo na asato ancient kingdom, others include Ogwa, Iho communities and Owerri, the State capital among others.
The peaceful and productive community have cried out to Imo State Government (IMSG) under the Shared Prosperity leadership of Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma, and the newly inaugurated board of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), to rescue them now from imminent dangers by embarking on the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the crucial road in their area that only received her first face lift by the State military government in 1990, about 33 years ago.
According to Nze Engr. Jonathan Amaechi, the community Paramount Chief and a British trained Structural Engineer, ” this is the worst state of roads I have ever seen, since I was born over 90 years ago. It’s a death trap. People no longer access the community and members of the community finds it difficult to access the rest of the world. It’s as bad as this.
” Honestly, if not the manual palliative measures the youths of the community have been doing on the road almost on daily bases, most of us aged would have died of hunger, lack of medications and frustrations, because you can neither go in nor out of the village because of the deplorable conditions of the road.
” The state of the road is simply un-motorable and undescribable, even with Jeep car, is likened to a journey to hell. The situation have become so worst that our people living outside the community have lost interest in coming home, mainly due to inaccessibility of the only major but link road. Recall that the road is the only by pass and life wire of the ever busy Okigwe Owerri road.
