Seven people, including three children of the same parent, died in the flash floods that occurred in some parts of Lagos last weekend.
Mr. Ibrahim Farinloye, the Zonal Coordinator, South West, National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, in a statement on Wednesday stated that the three siblings were living in an uncompleted building.
He said: “The post-emergency phase assessment after the unprecedented rainfall of Friday, 8th July and Saturday, 9th July 2022 has revealed that about seven people – three children of the same parent and four adults – died.
“About eight lives were also saved during the period, as a result of the flooding that was witnessed during the two-day continuous rainfall,” he said.
“The bereaved parents were said to be somewhere, but the NEMA team had a brief meeting with the community leaders on the way forward.
“An appeal was made to them that for the rest of the year, the community must embark on awareness and sensitization on safe actions, to avoid the situation that they experienced during the period.
“The community leaders also informed NEMA that in the same community, four siblings were also swept away on the same day, but that the community members rallied round and rescued all of them,” Farinloye said.
The flooded communities are Oke Isagun, Agbado Oke, and Oko LCDA, all in Alimosho LGA.
The NEMA chief said that members of the Progressive CDA briefed NEMA that rainwater from Meiran, Abbatoir, Alagbado, Agege, and Tollgate converged in their community.
Farinloye also gave an update on the flood at Oyatoki in Orile Agege, saying that two people died, while four were rescued.
