Heavy Downpour In Ogun Kills Four Destroys 100 Houses

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Heavy Downpour has caused devastating destruction to residents of Denro in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State on Monday 15 May 2023..

Eyewitness account said the rainfall accompanied with windstorm wiped out a family of four and destroyed over 100 Houses

During the storm the witness said that a concrete fence beside the house of the family gave way and fell on the apartment the family occupied.

The head of the family, popularly called Onimalu, a butcher at the local abattoir in the area, was said to have made efforts to save his son and pregnant wife but none of his efforts made any difference as they all died.

Several others, who were injured in the building have been rushed to different hospitals in the Denro area, as fear mounts over their fate.

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A resident of the area, who gave his name simply as Toafeek, lamented the tragedy, and said the late Onimalu was an easy going person, who related well with both the young and the old.

Taofeek, however, blamed the tragedy on the landlord who built an extraordinary high concrete fence.

“What happened wouldn’t have happened if the landlord beside Onimalu’s house did not build such high fence. When residents of the area warned him about the fence, he said he was protecting himself against armed robbers. By protecting himself, he has wiped out a whole family and injured several others, who we are not sure will survive”, Taofeek said.