Lagos - Abeokuta Expressway after the heavy rain.
Lagos - Abeokuta Expressway after the heavy rain last year
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| Mr. Biggs Ogba Area |
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| A flooded street at Aboru, Agbado/Okeodo LCDA, Lagos |
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| Traffic gridlock at Abiola Garden axis of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, after today’s heavy rain |
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| Oando Filling Station, Alagbole, Ogun State |
Many residents of Lagos and Ogun states could not make it to their
offices and business places as the two states were heavily flooded due
to an early morning rainfall today.
P.M.NEWS learnt that in some areas of the two states, the flood swept properties away.
The
rainfall, which began at about 2 a.m. continued till this morning,
forcing many residents to remain indoors while many of those who
summoned the courage to leave their houses either got stuck at the
various bus stops or had to trek to their destinations.
It was further learnt that three people were swept away by the flood.
Residents
who lamented the situation said it took them hours to even leave their
homes for work this morning while many were still stranded along major
roads at the time of this report.
At the Adekunle Fajuyi area of
Ikeja, GRA, Lagos, it was learnt that the storm destroyed an electric
pole which resulted in the electrocution of one person, whose identity
is yet to be ascertained.
As at the time of this report, the pole was still lying across the road with the corpse of the victim on the ground close to it.
Also
at 2 Community Street, Iyana-Oworo area of the state, the flood was
said to have brought down a one-storey building, which resulted in the
death of one person while several others have been hospitalised.
P.M.NEWS
learnt that the one-storey building, which collapsed, fell on a
building behind it instantly killing a carpenter whose name was given as
Ahmed Sotuminu.
It was learnt that a friend of the deceased who
slept in the same room with him, as well as a pregnant woman called
Bose, and her sister, Bunmi sustained injuries and have been rushed to
the Gbagada General Hospital.
At the Aboru area of Agbado Oke-Odo Local Council Development Area, not less than 50 houses were flooded.
Areas mostly affected by the flood are Jimoh Yussuf, Emmanuel Aina, Ishola, Alabede, Akinola and Fatai streets.
At
Alabede area, many residents were forced to roll up their trousers,
skirts as well as remove their shoes in order to wade through the flood
successfully as buses and motorcycles refused to convey them beyond that
area.
Many residents of the affected areas could not go to work.
Primary school pupils in the area were equally asked to stay at home by
their parents.
Some of the residents who spoke with P.M.NEWS expressed their displeasure at the sad development, saying the government is not doing enough to alleviate their plight.
According
to Pa Salimonu Tiamiyyu, a resident of Fatai street where about 20
houses were flooded, “the rain actually started at around 12am and once
it is raining, there is no sleep for residents of this area. The owners
of those house mostly affected always leave their buildings in order not
to be caught unawares.
“The major causes of this problem is that
the drainages channelled to this area are too many. The flood comes from
Abattoir, Abule Egba, Meiran, Sango, Agege and its environs. It is as a
result of these problems that we are having much problems here.
Sometimes rain will not fall here, yet we will experience flood.
“Though
the government is really trying, we will still appeal to them not to
relent. What they are doing here is dredging and this alone cannot solve
the problem. The government should please find another alternative that
will solve the problem of flooding here.”
According to Sherrif
Seriki, “we don’t usually experience this kind of development since 2000
that I have been residing here. This issue of flooding started around
July last year and it has claimed many lives. When the rain started
early today, we had to do what we are doing to save those houses
affected by the flood so that people won’t drown.
“What we want
the government to do now is to bring additional dredging machine to this
end to make their job easier. The canal has been widened right from
Pleasure bus stop at Iyana-Ipaja and its very narrow at our end here.
Therefore, our end here couldn’t contain the force of the flood coming
from there. I think this was what was responsible for the heavy flood
this morning,” he said.
At the Alagbole-Akute areas of Ogun State,
it was a harrowing experience for residents who came out from their
houses as they were totally cut off from Lagos where many of them work.
“Some
boys in the area saw it as an opportunity to make money and they
ensured we paid N100 each for them to carry us on their backs and
shoulders,” one of the residents of the area told P.M.NEWS.
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