An unidentified driver might have lost his life while
several property got submerged in flood as a heavy downpour left bitter
tales for many residents of Osogbo, the Osun state capital.
The Muslim festival was going well with residents already looking
forward to resuming back to their businesses when the holiday suddenly
turned sour.
Some residents in areas like Testing Ground, Rasco, Oke-Onitea,
Fiwasaye, Gbomi and Iludun in Osogbo have been counting their losses as
the rain came down heavily for three hours, causing flood in many parts
of the city.
Channels Television visited Oke-Onitea area, where residents were
gathered looking at a canal in search of a middle-aged man said to be
the driver of a Nissan Primera with registration number – Lagos LSD 683
DZ.
An eyewitness told us that the man insisted on driving through the
already overflowing water but was swept off with his car, while the
driver was yet to be found at the time of filing this report.
The story was different at Fiwasaye area. Residents were stranded as
the bridge required to cross to the other side of the community had been
washed off by the rain.
With many houses and stalls submerged by the rain, another eyewitness
said that a woman and her daughter had been left stranded in their
store because of the rain.
It took the intervention of some youths in the community and the Osun
State Fire Service to rescue both the woman and her daughter.
One of the victims, Ifedunmade Ogundijo, who owns a fashion outfit
and a salon, said that the rain had caused her about three million naira
loss.
Source:Channels
Source:Channels
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