Flood Sacks Kwara Residents, Destroys Property

 

Properties with several millions of naira   were on Wednesday destroyed by flood occasioned by heavy downpour in the Ilorin metropolis in Kwara State.

Media check revealed that the downpour, which started about 5:00p.m. lasted till around 9:00p.m., caused untold hardship and losses to residents of the state capital.

It was also gathered that many occupants of the affected buildings at Obbo and Unity roads in Ilorin, stayed indoor till yesterday afternoon as the flood water cover their buildings, preventing them from going out.

 

Also affected were business premises like the old KWACCIMA building at Unity Road; Omowunmi Cooperative Society building at Obbo road; shops, residential houses, churches and mosques.

Items destroyed by the flood included cars, food items, documents as well as electronic gadgets.

Some victims of the perennial flood disaster, who called on the state government to liaise with the federal government to find lasting solution to the problem, lamented that the flood had persisted because of the channelisation project on Asa River which was yet to be completed.

One of the affected business owners on Obbo road, Ilorin, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Olororo, said abandoned work on the channelisation project of Asa River had brought about frequent flooding in the area.

 

"The channelisation project, which started from Amilegbe area, did not get to us here. The excavation and building of walls on sides of the river were not done here as expected. That's why there’s have flood here every time it rains. With heavy volume of water coming from other areas of the town, we can't escape the usual flood. It was not up to this level this morning (yesterday). The level keeps increasing," he said.

It was also gathered that residents of communities like Amilegbe, Omosebi, Cocacola and Offa Garage also suffered the effect of the flood.