FLOOD: Lagos State Recorded Casualty as Mother, Daughter injured and 20 families displaced.

Officials of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) have confirmed the death of a four-year-old child, Azeezat, who died in the early hours of Thursday flooding in the state.

“The agency’s officials received a distress call concerning a flood incident at the above mentioned address at about 10:30am on Thursday (June 18).

“Upon arrival of LASEMA Response Unit (LRU) at the incident scene in the company of NEMA officials, it was gathered from residents that a four-year-old girl named ‘Azeezat’ fell into a  flooded big ditch/gutter while escaping to safety with her family in the wee hour of the night after their compound was submerged by flood.

“The agency’s officials in collaboration with the officials of NEMA carried out Post Disaster Assessment and observed that: Three streets were affected by the heavy rainfall/flood. (Igbayiola Street, Fashola Street, Egbatedo Street); and there are barriers blocking the drainage Channels in the affected areas leading to the Canals at Aboru, Arugbanla and Iyana Ipaja which could have also caused the flooded from flowing away.

“The victim is yet to be found. However search and recovery of the body of the victim still ongoing,” LASEMA said.

The agency added that a mother and daughter were injured earlier Thursday at 12, Hassan Adejobi Street, Papa Ashafa, Orile Agege, as a result of flooding at about 6am.

“Today’s floods which collapsed a fence on the six-room bungalow boy’s quarters was also responsible for dislodging occupants of a 10-room bungalow domiciled in the same compound when it was submerged.

“Preliminary Report on the Flood/Partial Collapsed Building at Orile Agege has it that upon arrival of the agency’s officials at the incident scene, it was observed that a fence fell on a bungalow boy’s quarters with six-room located in the same compound with a 10-room bungalow that was submerged by water as result of flood at about 6am on Thursday (June 18).

“It was further revealed to the agency’s officials at the incident scene that two victims (an adult female and her female child) living in the affected building (boy’s quarters) sustained minor injuries and were taken to a hospital before arrival of the agency’s LRU.

“It was further observed that three other compounds were also affected by the flood.

“Presently about 20 families have been displaced by the flood.

“Furthermore, LRU conducted post-disaster assessment of the affected areas and also sensitised the residents on general safety measures,” said a statement by LASEMA Head, Public Affairs, Nosa Okunbor.