The victim, simply identified as Elder Olabode,
was said to have been trapped in his car by
flood on his way back home on Tuesday
evening, but his lifeless body was recovered
on Wednesday at the bank of River Okooko in
Oke Oniti area of Osogbo.
According to eyewitnesses, the 60-year-old
Olabode was returning home in his car when
he ran into flood and was advised to go back,
but he refused.
Sources informed our correspondent that some
Hausa men, who were contracted by his family
were able
to retrieve his body after an intense
search, which lasted several hours, just as his
corpse was deposited at the morgue of Osun
State General Hospital, Asubiaro, Osogbo.
One of the eyewitnesses, Mr Thomas
Onaolapo, said “we all warned him to go back
but he didn’t listen. After moving for few
minutes, the intensity of the flood forced open
the booth of his car and the flood trapped
him.”
“Two people standing nearby made attempt to
rescue him and one of them nearly got
drowned in the process and we all became
powerless. So there was nothing we could do
again to save him,” he remarked.
during a condolence visit to the
family of Olabode, the state commandant of
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps
(NSCDC), Mr Ayodele Philips, implored
residents to avoid flood prone areas, with a
view to avoid being trapped.
Many residents of flood affected areas have
vacated their residences, while goods and
properties estimated at millions of naira were
destroyed by flood.
was said to have been trapped in his car by
flood on his way back home on Tuesday
evening, but his lifeless body was recovered
on Wednesday at the bank of River Okooko in
Oke Oniti area of Osogbo.
According to eyewitnesses, the 60-year-old
Olabode was returning home in his car when
he ran into flood and was advised to go back,
but he refused.
Sources informed our correspondent that some
Hausa men, who were contracted by his family
were able
to retrieve his body after an intense
search, which lasted several hours, just as his
corpse was deposited at the morgue of Osun
State General Hospital, Asubiaro, Osogbo.
One of the eyewitnesses, Mr Thomas
Onaolapo, said “we all warned him to go back
but he didn’t listen. After moving for few
minutes, the intensity of the flood forced open
the booth of his car and the flood trapped
him.”
“Two people standing nearby made attempt to
rescue him and one of them nearly got
drowned in the process and we all became
powerless. So there was nothing we could do
again to save him,” he remarked.
during a condolence visit to the
family of Olabode, the state commandant of
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps
(NSCDC), Mr Ayodele Philips, implored
residents to avoid flood prone areas, with a
view to avoid being trapped.
Many residents of flood affected areas have
vacated their residences, while goods and
properties estimated at millions of naira were
destroyed by flood.
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