Flood Kills Four, Destroys Vehicles and Houses In Abuja

September 14, 2021
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Flood Kills Four, Destroys Vehicles and Houses In Abuja

An official of the Department of State Services (DSS) has been killed by a flash flood in his estate, on Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Ex­pressway, Abuja

The flood also killed three others and swept 26 cars, de­stroying 166 houses, our corre­spondent gathered.

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The DSS official was said to have gone out to get drugs from a pharmacy while it was raining.

Residents in the area tried unsuccessfully to dissuade him from driving through the flooded area, but their warning came too late.

According to one of the residents, lives were lost, homes were destroyed and businesses were ruined, and even a man in a Range Rover was reported­ly swept by the flood into a nearby bridge.

Some residents have revealed that the flood was a result of the wall re­cently built on Imo Street as part of security measures to prevent Fulani herdsmen and the recently sand-filled areas that should ordinarily be waterways.

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