Some residents of Ayinke Street, Shogunle, in the Oshodi area of Lagos State, recounted how Sunday’s flooding destroyed household property, damaged vehicles, and disrupted businesses after a section of the perimeter fence collapsed onto a major street.
While findings by our correspondent indicated that the collapsed fence obstructed the free flow of floodwater, causing it to spill into homes and leave widespread destruction in its wake, residents appealed to the state government to provide relief materials to cushion the impact of their losses.
When PUNCH Metro visited the community on Wednesday, household items, including sofas, mattresses, clothing, television sets, chairs and other belongings damaged by the flood, were spread outside residents’ homes to dry.
Our correspondents also observed one of the affected vehicles with a shattered windscreen, while another was surrounded by heaps of refuse washed across the street by the flood.
Sections of the Air Force base perimeter fence lay in rubble, while bricks, mud and other debris were scattered across the street.
