Rainstorm Renders Scores Homeless in Kwara

Date: 2024-04-13

Residents of the Igbonna community in the Oyun Local Government Area of Kwara State have been thrown into mourning following a rainstorm that blew off the rooftops of several buildings.

City Round learnt that the rain which started at about 6:30 pm on Thursday was accompanied by a heavy wind storm which damaged several buildings, trees and electric poles in the community.

The accompanying wind storm reportedly caused a devastating effect on several buildings in the community, leaving the affected residents to count their losses.

Speaking after an on-the-spot assessment of the devastation, the National President of the Igbonna Descendants Development Union, A Salami, described the occurrence as highly devastating.

“The experience is worrisome. A few houses, if any, were left untouched by the storm which emanated from the heavy rain. Some houses were completely blown off while a good number of our people's houses were either brought down or badly damaged.

“The incident is unprecedented in history as the shock from the disaster is so great to the extent that most of our people are in confusion and will hardly find where to sleep. As we speak, the economy of the community has been grounded as the vulnerable victims of the disaster are at a loss as to what to do or where to put their heads for safety,” he said.

He however appealed to both federal and state governments to come to the aid of the people as most of them could not find shelter and food to eat.

The Chairman of the Transition Implementation Committee in Oyun, Dr Waheed Ibrahim, could not be reached on his mobile phone on Friday.

The Deputy Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Ojo Olayiwola, who represents the constituency could not also be reached at the time of filing the report.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Ahman Patigi     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Fatai Olodo     Idris Garba     Segun Abifarin     Revenue Court     Akanji     Muazam Nayaya     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Kunle Okeowo     Abdulwahab Oba     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Nigerian Army     Sulyman Atolagbe Alege     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     NITDA     Idofin     Sabitiyu Grillo     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Wakilin Mata Lafiagi     Edret Sabi Abel     Maimunat Oniyangi     KFA     Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise     NNPP     Kubra Kazum     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Kwara State Polytechnic     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     Sidikat Alaya     Buhari     Muhammad Yahya     Council Of The Wise     Kale Ayo     CCT     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin     Split Diamond Interchange     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Gbugbu     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     Rabiu Kwankwaso     Stephen Fasakin     PharmAccess Foundation     Ayobola Ipinlaiye     KWTV     Federal Allocation     Oko-Olowo     TVC Female National Debate     Arik     T And K FOODS     Alaaya     Galadiman Ngeri     Ganiyu Abolarin     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Bola Sagaya     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     March 28     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     National Broadcasting Commission     Florence Saraki     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Park     Oke-Kura     Dagbalodo     Aliyu Alhassan     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport     Kwara 2015     Offa     Olatunji Moronfoye     Sherif Shagaya     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     CELF     Tayo Alao     Jimoh Bashir    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Kale Kawu     Manzuma     Jumoke Monsura Gafar     Balogun-Ojomu     Okedare     March 28     General Hospital     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Abegunde Goke     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Wahab Olasupo Egbewole     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Funmilayo Oniwa     Ballah     Abioye Bello     Hassan A. Saliu     Eleyele     Moses Rahman Popoola     Bolakale Saka     RTEAN     Saliu Ajia     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Lanre Badmas     Photo News     Yusuf Arowosaye     Abdulfatai Baakini     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Olupako Of Share     Alapado     Rotimi Atere     SWAN     Kayode Ishola     Kuliyan Geri     Ola Falade     Atunwa     Alore     Akeem Lawal     Shola Odetundun     JUSUN     Kwara 2015     School Of Nursing     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Sa\'adu Salahu     Harrison Osauwagboe     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Moses Salami     Salihu S. Yaru     Ilorin South     Minimum Wage     Ganmo     Oniye     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Ayobola Ipinlaiye     Basic Education Certificate Examination     Tayo Awodiji     Wahab Agbaje     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Cornelius Adebayo     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     N-Power     Abubakar Lah     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     TESCOM 2025     Ahmed Bayero     Funmilayo Zubair     Kwara State Fire Service     Iyaloja-General     Okasanmi Ajayi     Dan Iya     AGM Professional Services     Abubakar Baba