Flood Submerges Parts of Agege, Lagos Community

The whereabouts of a yet-to-be-identified mother, her baby and six other persons including a man identified simply as Umar, have reportedly been unknown after flood induced by a heavy downpour, washed them away in the Agege area of Lagos State.

According to investigations, during the heavy downpour on Thursday, flood overran a canal around the Abattoir area in Agege, and it levelled up to the bridge, making it impassable for motorists and residents to navigate their destinations in the area.

It was learnt that a tricycle operator while plying the axis, narrowly escaped death when the flood swept his tricycle into the canal. The events that almost led to the death of the tricycle operator happened, while a woman backing her child, lost control of her movement and fell into the flood.

From the information gathered, as the flood was washing the mother and her child away, another resident, Umar, attempted to rescue the mother and her child by jumping into the flood, and the current of the flood washed the three of them into the canal.

The tricycle operator is said to have survived because he swam out of the canal. He is currently recuperating in the hospital.

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