An unidentified driver might have lost his life, while several properties got submerged in flood, as a heavy downpour left bitter tales for many residents of Osogbo, the Osun State capital.
It could be recalled, that the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, NIHSA, had on July 26, warned some of the States of the federation, to prepare for the 2016 flooding, through the evacuation of settlements, close to the river banks.
The States listed to be submerged were: Ogun, Lagos, Rivers, Calabar, Benue, Sokoto, Anambra, Imo, Cross River, Yobe, Osun, Kaduna, Oyo and Yola.
The Muslim festival was going well, with residents already looking forward to resuming back to their businesses when the holidays suddenly turned sour.
Some residents in areas like Testing Ground, Rasco, Oke-Onitea, Fiwasaye, Gbomi and Iludun in Osogbo, have been counting their losses, as the rain came down heavily for three hours, causing flood in many parts of the city.
An eyewitness told ChannelsTV, that the unidentified driver insisted on driving through the already overflowing water, but was swept off with his car.
With many houses and stalls submerged by the rain, another eyewitness, said that a woman and her daughter had been left stranded in their store, because of the rain.
It took the intervention of some youths in the community, and the Osun State Fire Service, to rescue both the woman and her daughter.
One of the victims, Ifedunmade Ogundijo, who owns a fashion outfit and a salon, said that the rain had caused her about three million naira loss.
While the residents count their losses, no official statement had been made by the Osun State government, as at the time of this report.
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