Flood Takes Over Lagos Community (Photos)

Residents Send SOS To Ambode
Inhabitants of Ilupeju/Ifesowapo and Power line area of Ojodu and Ifako Ijaiye local government area of Lagos State have sent a Save Our Soul message to the governor of the state, Akinwunmi Ambode.

They called on him to save their lives, that of their children and properties from flood, which has made life unbearable to them.

The sad residents claimed the flood is due to the neglect of the Oyemekun/Alagbole canal, which has been blocked since the government allegedly last cleared it about nine years ago.

According to some of them, the rain that fell last week destroyed their properties and now they are counting their losses.

When this magazine visited the area on Monday, March 7, 2016, the residents expressed their fear because of the forthcoming rainy season.

Spokesman of the landlords’ association in the area, James Ajekoogan, lamented to us what they have suffered and lost to flood over the years.

“Our children swim inside water to go to school,” he told us.

Ajeoogan appealed to Ambode to use his good office to direct the Ministry of Works to clear the canal to enable the free flow of water whenever it rains.

He said the good people of the area are ever ready to contribute their own quota to the development of the state, adding that they will remain grateful to him.

Speaking in the same vain Osho Babatunde, Lekan Olajide, Femi Awolere and Funsho Adebayo whose houses were also taken over by the flood said they trust the governor to hear their cries and help them urgently.