Motorcyclists, car owners and other pedestrians were left stranded on either side of the link road.
gathered that the downpour from Wednesday night till the early hours of Thursday, left many areas flooded in Ogun and Lagos states, as many described the rainfall as one of a kind.
Many shop owners on the roadside in the Sparklight estate area – a furniture shop, drinks shop and others, were sacked as the water level reached at least half of the heights of the shops.A resident, identified as Jide, who was carrying his bag and wanted to go to work, turned back, saying he could not risk his life.
“It’s better to take the pictures and send them to my boss than for me to enter this water,” our correspondent heard him saying as he turned back to the estate.said, “It is very risky like this. One Igbo boy selling gas died here about two years ago. He entered the water with his bike while carrying gas cylinders. The flood carried him, he was brought out dead.”
The situation further became dramatic when a man already came with a fishing net, cutlass and other equipment, and began hunting for fishes that were seen moving in the waters“If we cannot go out, we can stay at home and cook fish,” a man who did not give his name, said.
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