Abuja Flood This Morning After Heavy Rain See-Photos

This is the condition of Maraba and Nyanya road in Abuja this morning after heavy rain. More pics below...

Flood Destroys 148 Houses In Sokoto - See Photo

EEB FLOOD ALERT:
The information on our desk has it that No fewer than 148 houses had been destroyed by flood which ravaged various parts of Gwadabawa Local Government Area of Sokoto State, on Saturday.

News Agency of Nigeria reports from Gwadabawa on Wednesday, that the disaster struck the headquarters of the local government and Galadunchin-tsauri, Gidan-Dogaza, as well as ‘Yar-Gada villages.

Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the local government, Alhaji Aminu Aya, told news men that

Flood sweeps away 45-year-old lecturer while driving

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The heavy rain, which fell on Thursday in Osun State, left in its trail sorrow and grief as a lecturer driving in a car was swept away by the flood.

Our correspondent gathered on Saturday that the 45-year-old lecturer at the Department of Computer Science, Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State, Mr. Adeniyi Adebowale, was swept away while driving through a flooded road.

He was said to have been warned against driving through the flooded road by residents of the area but Adebowale, a prince from Offa, was said to have insisted on driving through the road instead of taking an alternative safe road, which would have taken him more time.

Eyewitnesses told our correspondent that a Toyota Camry with registration number, LSD 783 CA, which Adebowale was driving, was submerged by the flood.

The car was seen at a distance not far from the spot where it was swept away on Friday but Adebowale was found dead inside it.

He was said to be a resident of the 4040 area at Oke Gada area of Ede.

According to residents of the area, the late lecturer was returning to Ede from Ijabe, a town after Ila Orangun where he had travelled to when he met his waterloo.

A relative of the deceased told our correspondent that she called the lecturer and told him on the telephone that the road beside Oke Gads a Police Station was flooded and he should avoid it.

Eyewitnesses said the police had raised a red flag warning motorists against driving through the flooded road.

Those who recovered his corpse from the back seat of the car the folloŵing morning said it was obvious that Adebowale had struggled to escape from the car after the car had been submerged.

He it was gathered, was survived by his wife, Sade, and two young children.