The body of a
middle-aged gas retailer, identified as Kingsley Ejike, has been discovered
along the flood plain in Magodo, Lagos State.
The torrential rain
that started on Friday till the late hours of Saturday has submerged some
houses and cut off some roads within the community on the Lagos-Ibadan
expressway.
Ejike, a gas retailer,
who owned Kingsfield Gas at Magboro, was swept away by the flood resulting from
Saturday’s downpour.
Ejike, who was
reportedly preparing for his wedding, drowned in the flood around the
Sparklight Estate area of the expressway in Ogun State.
His bloated body was
discovered by a search party of Ilaje fishermen around High-Impact Sparklight
Road on Sunday.
A witness said that
Ejike was probably swept away on his way to supply cooking gas to his customers
around the estate on Saturday evening.
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“There was a search
party for the missing Ejike after we found his motorcycle on the flood plain
without him,’’ the witness said.
A community leader and
Ejike’s customer, Tunde Oyebola, confirmed the incident.
A resident, Bolaji
Dada, however, attributed the cause of the flooded plains to the diversion of
waterways.
He said the waterways
were diverted to the community without provision for another drainage to ensure
free-flow of flood during rain.