Flood wreaks havoc in Ilorin

Date: 2019-09-20

Victims affected by flood after heavy rainfall in the Ilorin metropolis have lamented over destruction of their valuables worth millions of Naira.

The downpour, which started on Wednesday evening around 5:00pm and lasted till around 9:00pm, caused untold hardship and losses to residents of the Kwara state capital.

It was gathered that many occupants of affected buildings at Obbo and Unity roads in Ilorin, stayed indoor till Thursday afternoon as water that had enveloped their buildings, prevented them from going out. Also affected were business premises like the old KWACCIMA building at Unity Road, Omowunmi Cooperative Society building at Obbo road, shops, residential houses, churches and mosques.

Items destroyed by the flood include cars, food items, documents and electronic gadgets. Some victims of the flood disaster, who called on the state government to liaise with the federal government to find lasting solution to the problem, lamented that the flood had persisted because channelization project on Asa River was yet to be completed.

One of the affected business owners at Obbo road, Ilorin, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Olororo, said that abandoned work on channelization project of Asa river had brought about frequent flooding in the area.

"The channelization project, which started from Amilegbe area did not get to us here. The excavation and building of walls on sides of the river were not done here as expected. That's why we have flood here every time it rains. With heavy volume of water coming from other areas of the town, we can't escape usual flood.

It was not up to this level earlier this morning. The level keeps increasing", he said. It was also gathered that residents of communities like Amilegbe, Omosebi, Cocacola and Offa Garage suffered effect of the flood.

Meanwhile, Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has called on the Federal Government to order contractors handling the channelisation of the Asa River in the state back to site, saying the drainage was poorly done and is too narrow to prevent flooding in the areas and loss of human lives and properties.

Abdulrazaq said he had written to the Federal Government about the threats the poor job poses to the people of the state, especially residents of Ilorin.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Jebba     Oko-Erin     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Yakub Lai Gobir     Amos Sayo     Isiaka Yusuf     Tsaragi-Share     Saidu Kawu     Ebola     Tosho Yaqub     Tunde Idiagbon Road     Jimoh Bashir     Shururat Olatinwo     Bolaji Abdullahi     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Pakata Patriots     COEASU     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Ramadan     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Emir Of Lafiagi     Isiaka Oniwa     IHS Towers     Kassim Babamale     Council Of The Wise     Abatemi Usman     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     Madawaki     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     Olayinka Are     Cornelius Adebayo     Monkey Pox     Buari Edun     ER-KANG     Edu     Fatai Garuba Labaka     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Olatunji Ibrahim     Alabe     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Halidu Danbaba     Yekeen Alabi     Photo News     Rasaq Jimoh     Aso Ofi     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Isa Aremu     Abdulrazaq Akorede     Ilorin West     Bolaji Gambari     Modibo Kawu     Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     Egbewole     Bayo Ajia     Raymond Olaitan     Odo-Owa     Omar Gambari     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Aliyu Muyideen     Mohammed Haruna     Opobiyi     Neo Mundo Ltd     Manzuma     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Ben Duntoye     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Plat Technologies Limited     Tunji Olawuyi     FOMWAN     Umar Ayinla Saro     Offa     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Bamidele Aluko     Solomon Edoja    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Aisha Buhari     Sobi FM     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Issa Oloruntogun     Temitope Ogunbanke     Tinubu     Adamu Ibrahim Sabi     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     Olokoba Sulyman     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     SSA Youth Engagement     Halimat Yusuf     Hassanat Bello     Garba Ado Sanni     Chikanda     Wahab Isa     Michael Ologundea     College Of Education     Kwara South     Popo-Igbonna     Kayode Issa     Playing Host     Emir Of Lafiagi     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     Saeedat Aliyu     Aliyu Salihu     Bolaji Aladie     Halidu Danbaba     Kwara Basketball Association     Teachers Specific Allowance     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Mohammed Abdulahi     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     BIR     Olabimpe Olani     Coronavirus     Wahab Abayawo     Kwha.gov.ng     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     Moji Makanjuola     Saidu Yaro Musa     Emir Of Ilorin     Lawan     Segun Olawoyin     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     SSUCOEN     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Orire     Unicontinental Construction Company     Maimunat Oniyangi     ASKOMP     Al-Hikmah University     Aso-ofi     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Col. Adedipe     Sulu Gambari     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Alapado     Sulaiman Gado     VADA     KWSUED     Okin Group     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Ibrahim Gambari     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     GAMA     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     Kassim Babamale     Shehu Adaramaja     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Third Estate     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Yahaya Seriki     Minister     Abdulrazaq Magaji     N-Power     Oba Abdulrahim