Torrential rain wreak havoc in Ibadan

Ibadan flood

 A six hours rain in Ibadan, the oyo state capital, wreak havoc to the city affecting vehicles, motorcycles, building and household items on Tuesday-June 20 2017.



This incident brings back the memory of the August 26, 2011 flood disaster. Some part of the city was flooded with water.

No lives were lost but valuable items were lost the rain which poured from 3 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.

Millions of naira was spent by the state government to dredge the Ogunpa River channels, in the 1980s during the administration of the late Chief Bola Ige after the Ogunpa flood disaster.

But the water channels spilled over their banks yesterday which caused several damages.

A Celestial Church of Christ at Orogun and the University of Ibadan (UI) axis of the city were submerged.

One person was trapped in the flood but was rescued by the residents and men of the state fire service.

A protest was made against the men of the fire services at the residents of Orogun criticize the men for allegedly arriving late to the scene.

A bulldozer belonging to a contractor dredging the Orogun River was swept away and hung under a bridge.

Governor Abiola Ajimoli hails from Gbekuba, Oke-Ayo, Odo-Ona, Gada and Omi-Adio in Ido Local Government Area, the homes and farmland were submerged by the flood.

The flood made the Ibadan-Abeokuta Expressway at Omi-Adio impassable.

Most traders at the popular Omi-Adio Market lost their goods; the abandoned Magistrates’ Court was submerged by the flood.

At Olodo in Ibadan, eight houses were reportedly submerged.