The Ibadan residents groaned last Sunday as they lost their properties worth several millions of Naira to heavy downpour.
Not fewer than 30 homes were affected after a torrential rainfall that flooded their areas.
The victims of the flood have been rendered homeless as they claimed they have no other means for new apartments.
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The incident was as a result of raging flood streaming from the Ogunpa river which channels were visibly blocked by refuse.
The downpour which started around 4.30pm on Sunday lasted for about four hours, leaving many areas flooded .
A two storey building and a CAC church at Omigade Street, Osasami, Ibadan were damaged. The rain pulled down a stretch of the buildings’ fence .
When our reporter visited some of the affected areas, many people were found outside with their properties.
Ibadan residents narrate their ordeal after four hours downpour
Some were trying to dry clean some of the savaged properties such as foams, chairs, carpets and clothes among others.
Subair who also suffered losses in the flood said, â€I was inside my room when the rain started at about 4.30pm.
After some time, one of my sons called out, saying that there was water covering everywhere. That was when me and others in the room came out and found out that we have been trapped by flood inside the house.
The entire area has been covered by water. We started scooping water and trying to free the drainages around to pave way for the water. It was a terrible experience.
As am talking to you we don’t know where to sleep today as another rain is about to fall againâ€, he explained.
Another victim, Mr Aminu Momoh who blamed the flooding on indiscriminate dumping of refuse on waterways and buildings nears water channels thanked God that no lives were lost in the flood.
According to him, the story would have been different if it had happened in the night.
Momoh packed out his flooded household goods for drying, he narrated how a wall fence fell in the building.
And how the entire ground floor was flooded by water, saying the whole building would have been covered and lives lost if people had gone to bed.
A CAC building at Ososami was completely flooded. Members were be full of gratitude to God that they were not in service when the incident occurred.
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