Flood Kills Teenager, Damages Property In Ogun

The flood that was caused by a rainstorm that was recorded in some of Sagamu in the Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State on Tuesday is said to have claimed the life of a 14-year-old secondary school student and washed away an undetermined number of other individuals.

According to information obtained by our correspondent, the impacted neighbourhoods in the town are Ajaka, Express Junction, Ogunyanwo, Olayinka, and Isale-Ojumele.
According to reports, the adolescent victim could be recognised by his school uniform as an Agbele Community High School student.

The deceased, according to eyewitnesses, fell from a motorbike that was being swept away by the flood.
Additionally, our source learned that the flood caused the loss of millions of naira’s worth of possessions while also injuring some locals.

Many belongings were said to have been destroyed in the Makun area of the local government area.
A resident of the area, Banjo Adeoye, said, “We had something like this last year and it was worse. We cried out to the government but help did not come. We don’t have a good drainage system on this axis.

“The water has nowhere to flow to but to flood our houses. We thought the information from last year will help them plan well for this year but here we are today. A boy lost his life; we don’t know how many motorcycles or property we will have to look for.”

The state Commissioner for Environment, Ola Oresanya, on Wednesday, confirmed the incident when he paid an on-the-spot assessment to the affected areas.
Oresanya said there was a need to redesign the state drainage master plan.

The commissioner said, “The government would begin implementation of some of the short medium and long-term solutions which include dredging of canals and de-silting of blocked drainages.

“We call on the Federal Government for assistance to ameliorate the perennial challenges.”

 

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