The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed the d3ath of one and two missing persons in a Tuesday evening flood incident around the Joyce-B/Mobil area of Ibadan.
The NEMA South-West Coordinator, Mr Kadir Olanrewaju, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Wednesday while assessing the level of damage at the scene.
A downpour on Tuesday across some areas within the Ibadan metropolis affected some residential areas, leaving inestimable property destroyed.
Olanrewaju attributed the flooding to improper channelisation of drainage in the area, saying the volume of water in the area was too much for the available drainages.
He said the flood reached the gate level, adding that the area was a flash flood plane, which might result in heavy disaster if not addressed at the right time.
“People need to move away from this place because if we have another rain, the flood will be devastating; you can see that the lower parts of most of the buildings and the fences are weak,” he said.
Another resident, Mrs Oni Bishola, said she had been living in the area for the last four years and had been experiencing flooding every year.
Bishola however, said that Tuesday’s flooding was the heaviest in the area since she moved in.
She added that most household items like gas cookers, televisions, compressors, machines and mattresses, among others, were destroyed.
She called on the management of the Ibadan South-West Local Government and Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State to come to their aid in providing a proper water channelisation.
