Two persons have been swept away by flood during torrential rainfall in the Iyana Ipaja and Command areas, Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State on Monday.
The Lagos Territorial Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency, Ibrahim Farinloye, who disclosed this in a statement, said one of the victims, identified simply as Alfa, had escaped with his wife and four children, he returned to his house to pick some items when the flood that submerged his house swept him away.
Farinloye said, “Two adult men were swept away at Iyana Ipaja and Command areas of Lagos State. A man simply known as Alfa was swept away as a result of heavy downpour that caused flooding that took over the whole communities of Ajayi Street, Olubodun Ifesowapo, Olubodun, Fafunwa, Ipaja West, and Tioluwani, in Alimosho LGA.
“The deceased was said to have initially escaped with his wife and four children but the man was said to have returned to his house to pick some items in the course of which he was swept off.
However, two other persons with him escaped with the help of the community members.
He said, “The family of Alfa had been evacuated to a relative’s residence. While another adult man, who was said to have missed his steps on the Command Bridge, fell into the running water. But before help could reach him, he had been carried away.”
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