In a flood that engulfed several villages in Lagos following hours of heavy rain, two people were confirmed deceased on Monday, while nine people were rescued.infomation guide nigeria 

According to Ibrahim Farinloye, the State Territorial Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency, the flood carried away the victims in the Iyana Ipaja and Command areas of the Alimosho local government area of the state. This was confirmed in a statement he released late on Monday.

Farinloye claimed that one of the victims, known only as Alfa, had earlier managed to flee with his wife and four children. However, he had returned to his home to get some goods when the flood that inundated the home swept him away.jamb result

“Two adult men were swept away at Iyana Ipaja and Command areas of Lagos State. A man simply known as Alfa was swept away as a result of heavy downpour that caused flooding that took over the whole communities of Ajayi Street, Olubodun Ifesowapo, Olubodun, Fafunwa, Ipaja West, and Tioluwani, in Alimosho LGA,” Farinloye said.

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“The deceased was said to have initially escaped with his wife and four children but the man was said to have returned to his house to pick some items in the course of which he was swept off.

“Another adult man, who was said to have missed his steps on the Command Bridge, fell into the running water. But before help could reach him, he had been carried away,” he added.

The NEMA Coordinator said in another part of the the state, nine ladies were rescued when a one-storey building that was submerged started sinking on Akinwunmi Street, Mende, in Maryland.

“NEMA received a distressed alert on a sinking storey building where nine people are said to be trapped.

“The torrential rainfall, which lasted for about four hours in the early hours of the day, flooded lots of communities in Lagos State. The NEMA advance team upon close observations, called for more reinforcement of personnel.

“All the nine trapped ladies were successfully rescued,” he said.

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