“Presently, about 20 families have been displaced by the flood.” Flood LagosRain Rain Nigeria PoorDrainage Lagos
As the downpour took intermittent breaks, it was traffic snarls on all major roads of the commercial mega city.
At Iyana Oworo, the submerged road caused vehicular traffic stretching all the way back to Alausa, covering over 10-kilometre distance. The four-year-old girl was swept away by flood at Papa Ashafa area of Agege. The National Emergency Management Agency confirmed it was on the search of the child and advised residents of Aboru, Iyana-Ipaja, Command Ota in Ogun State through Agbara, on the route of the canal before it discharges into the sea, to look out for the body.
A preliminary report at Orile-Agege had it that “upon arrival of the Lagos Emergency Management Agency officials at the scene, a fence fell on a bungalow boy’s quarters with six rooms located in the same compound, while a 10-room bungalow was submerged at about 6:00a.m. Presently, about 20 families have been displaced by the flood.”
T. he Lagos State Police Command spokesman, Bala Elkana, who confirmed the incident, said the police were working with emergency agencies in the search effort for the girl.
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