Two corpses recovered from Lagos flood

Two corpses have been recovered from flood during torrential rainfall that swept the victims away in the Iyana Ipaja and Command areas of Lagos State.

The Lagos Territorial Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency, Ibrahim Farinloye, who disclosed this in a statement, said the incidents happened on Monday in the Alimosho Local Government Area of state.

Farinloye explained that one of the victims, identified simply as Alfa, had escaped with his wife and four children but returned to pick some items when the flood swept him away.

He said, “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.

“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.

He added that with the help of the community members, two other persons with him escaped from being swept away.

Farinloye said, “The family of Alfa had been evacuated to a relative’s residence. While 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.”