- By Kamil Opeyemi
Hundreds of properties have been damaged on Monday after hours of stormy rain.
The rains were said to have come with violent storms which destroyed many houses with many of them ripped off their roofs.
Affected mostly were houses and shops in the Agege, Ogba axis, Abule Egba, Egbeda, of Lagos State.
Our correspondent who moved round the areas reported that property owners were seeing lamenting the destruction to their homes as they wondered what to do to repair the damages.
Many residents who spoke with the NPO Reports said the night was a scary one as there were threats of whole houses being carted away.
”It wa a scary moment. The storm was so violent and virulent that no one could predict what could happen next,” said a retiree, Mrs Jacob Lana whose roof was carted away partly on Ndubusi Close Orimolade area.
Areas such as Obawole, Iju and Others witnessed varying degrees of damages.
When our correspondent visited, many residents had called in carpenters to fix some of the damages.
The Acting Coordinator, South-West Zonal Office of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the development in a statement issued on Monday following over five hours of rainfall recorded across Lagos.
Farinloye said that the figures were discovered during an assessment exercise carried out by NEMA which showed that the buildings serving as shelters for the families have been impacted in various degrees across the state.
He, meanwhile, cautioned proprietors, parents, and guidance against allowing children to play outside or be sent on errands hours before and during rainfall across the state.
The acting coordinator added that principals and school authorities should educate as well as train schoolchildren on how to hide under their furniture when they discover that the wind had become strong and could cause havoc.
Farinloye stressed that this idea would help protect schoolchildren from sustaining injuries from the effect of falling objects.
According to the statement, an assessment by NEMA has shown that some houses have been impacted to various degrees across Lagos State.
“Major occurrences on 1st and 15th of May, 2023 recorded serious wind/rain storms without any casualty or fatality but with attendant damages of public and private buildings.
“The Agency carried out an assessment of Agboyi one, Agboyi two, Agboyi 3, Odo Ogun communities in Kosofe Local Government Area of Lagos State had about 130 houses either partially or fully affected with about 228 families involved, the incident occurred on May 1st.
“While the incident of 15th May, 2023 affected about 98 buildings in Agege; Ifako Ijaye; Ikola, Isale Aboru, and Oke Ishagun located in Alimoso Local Government Area of Lagos State with about 108 families affected. About 13 electricity poles were affected in the areas”.
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