It was a Black Friday in Abeokuta, Ogun State, as flood ravaged the town, leaving tales of woes.
Apart from sweeping away numerous properties, many casualties were also recorded. One of them was the loss of two children of the same mom at Odedairo street, Nawardeen area.
The deceased were said to have just returned from school and waiting for the arrival of their mom when tragedy struck.
In Ago Ijesha area, a mother and her toddler – daughter were swept away by the flood during the torrential rain.
Household items, goods and other valuables were destroyed.
In Omolasho and Kuto, major commercial areas of Abeokuta, goods and structures worth millions of naira were swept away and emptied into a canal by the Isabo state High court area where the flood was most violent and fiercest.
Dozens of vehicles packed by the roadsides were also submerged with some of them dragged into gullies and pits.
Areas most hard hit are Ijaye, Omolasho, Kuto, Isale Egbein and Ijeja where the flood damaged the bridge linking Ijeja and other parts of the state capital.
The Archdiocesan Headquarters of the Celestial Church of Christ, Ijaye, Abeokuta was also severely hit and dozens of home within the area affected as some of the residential buildings either collapsed, tilt or got weakened as to make them unsafe for habitation.
