No fewer than 50 buildings and some electric poles were destroyed in an early morning heavy downpour that wreaked havoc on buildings and some public property in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, on Sunday.

The stormy rainfall which started at about 3am and lasted for two hours, accompanied by a terrible wind that shook buildings, shops and others violently had caused stir among residents in the city.

It was gathered that electric poles and high-tension wires were felled by the wind that preceded the heavy downpour.

Roofs of many houses were blown off while walls of buildings were also pulled down by the wind.

As at 10am on Sunday, electric poles and wires were seen across the old garage road, a major road where most commercial activities and heavy vehicular movements are concentrated.

A hotel, Anisulowo hotel in Ajilosun area of the city, and some buildings inside the premises of Fabotas College, a private school on Ikere Road in Ado-Ekiti were among many other buildings that had their roofs blown off courtesy of the fury of the wind.

Residents and transporters among others lamented the tragic development and called on government to urgently get rid of the poles and wires that scattered across the road.

They also blamed government officials who erected the electricity poles for allegedly doing shoddy jobs.