ABUJA— As displaced people were still battling to recover from last Sunday’s unprecedented torrential rainfall in Lagos that claimed the lives of no fewer than 31 persons, three persons got drowned yesterday in Aboru, Agbadi-Oke-Odo Local Council Development Area, LCDA, of the state following heavy flood from early morning downpour.
This came as the Federal Government warned Nigerians against indiscriminate dumping of refuse in the water ways.
The warning was issued in Abuja, yesterday, by the Head of the Special Climate Change Unit of the Federal Ministry of Environment, Dr Samuel Adejuwon, while reacting to the flood disaster ravaging parts of Lagos.
According to eyewitness, the Aboru tragedy happened on Jimoh Street when an elderly man who was trying to retrieve something from his one-room apartment suddenly slipped and was swept away by the heavy current of the flood.
Also, an unidentified five-year-old boy whose body was later recovered was said to have been washed away by the flood on his way to school while a woman identified as Mama Risi got drowned by the flood that swept across the wetland community which had earlier been declared as danger zone by the state government following warnings from meteorologists that the state would experience intensive rainfall this year.
Meanwhile, Governor Babatunde Fashola has urged residents to be patient with the state government, saying the government is doing everything within its resources to tackle the problem of flooding in the metropolis.
He said: “We must respond now to government rules and regulations. I want to appeal to Community Development Associations and Residents Associations to strengthen their involvement in development. It requires more than the governor and the commissioners. It requires the totality of the community efforts to ensure that we get on top of this and we are prepared for any major challenge.”
Culled from : Vanguard Newspaper
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