The rains which started in the early hours of Saturday continued till very late in the afternoon, leaving many road unpassable while many resident were sent out of their apartments.
At the Ile-Epo area of Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos a motorcycle rider was swept into a canal by flood resulting from the downpour,
The Territorial Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), disclosed this saying that the rider, identified as Mr Abe, was swept off after he refused warnings from his fellow commercial motorcyclists, not to brave the flood close to the Ile Epo Bus-stop canals in the area.
Mr Farinloye said the incident happened around 10.30a.m. and the victim is yet to be recovered as of the time press time.
Meanwhile, the flood affected residents in Papa Ashafa and Fashola communities, in Orile-Agege Local Council Development Area (LCDA).
Farinloye said that some people displaced were taking refuge in four churches in the area.
“Some vulnerable groups have moved to temporary safe facilities, while the adults are salvaging their water-impacted properties.
“NEMA is assisting the owner of a building where the fence collapsed,” he said.
He said that there was the need to salvage the building by reconstructing the fence to solidify the base, to prevent it from collapsing on a nearby bungalow.
Farinloye said that the Director-General, of NEMA, Alhaji Mustapha Ahmed, had directed the immediate release of relief materials to the affected flood victims in Lagos.
“Children wears, women wears, mattresses, antiseptics and other immediate assistance to the impacted population at Orile-Agege Local Government Area to provide immediate succour to about 200 people this afternoon are being loaded currently, ” Farinloye said.
He appealed to Lagos residents to take utmost precautions during such heavy rainfall.
Farinloye said that NEMA and other emergency agencies were on assessment exercise at some flash points, and discussed with affected populations, proffering immediate solutions in handling such situations.
Credit: Daily Sun