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.

Bluenile Associates     Mumeen Lah     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Code Of Conduct Tribunal     Kazeem Oladepo     Quranic Recitation Competition     Adisa Logun     Bureau Of Lands     VADA     GANZY     Ilorin Central Mosque     Kwara Metro Park     Abdullah Janet Amudat     Abubakar Aliagan     Hassan Oyeleke     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Okin Biscuit     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Jani Ibrahim     Goodluck Jonathan     Gbenga Adebayo     Ibrahim Labaika     Oluwatoyin Lukman     FERMA     Rashidi Yekini     Agboola Abdulraheem     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Edu     Sabi     Baboko     Aliyu Umar     Shehu Jimoh     General Hospital     Abubakar B.M     Yusuf Lanre Badmas     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     National Pilot     University Road     Yoruba     Kwara Politics     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Offa Metropolitan Club     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Ajakaye     LEAH Charity Foundation     United Nigeria Airline     Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh     Kwara Apc     National Broadcasting Commission     Kwara 2023     Jimba Babatunde     NIPOGA     Irepodun     Oladimeji Thompson     Simeon Ajibola     Seni Saraki     CKNG     Yashikira     Umaru Saro     Tunde Akanbi     Ahmed Dankaya     Students Union Government     Ilorin Durbar     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Jumoke F. Ajao     Tsado Manman     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     MINILS     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Sam Okaula     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

CELF     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Ibrahim Gambari     Sunday Fagbemi     Saheed Popoola     Gani Saadu     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     Patience Jonathan     Ilorin     Ajasse-Ipo     Logun     Gbajabiamila     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Sabo-Oke     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Talaka Parapo     Isin     Ahman Pategi     Fareedah Dankaka     Abdul-Rahoof Bello     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Maigida     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Saad Omo\'ya     National Democratic Congress     Hussein Oloyede     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     Issa Baba     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Dan Iya     Just Law Forum     Sidikat Akaje     Oke-Odo     Principal Private Secretary     Nigerian Army     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Kwarareports.com     Moji Makanjuola     Umar Ahmed Gunu     John Mayokun Dada     NNPP     Amina El-Imam     Atiku Abubakar     Kwara Liberation Group     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Dorcas Afeniforo     Ibrahim Oniye     Lai Mohammed     Agboola Abdulraheem     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     Awoye     Facebook     Kwara Restoration Project     Olaitan Buraimoh     Ajeigbe     Kwara Apc     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Raymond Olaitan     Erin-ile     SARS     Maryam Nurudeen     Femi Ogunsola     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Gabriel Fashanu     Salihu Ajia     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Ajikobi     BIR     Ayekale     Marufat Oladosu     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     Gaa Olobi