One of the areas that witnessed the plague of rainstorm which took place on Monday February 13, in Lagos was the Ojo community area of Otto Awori local government where lives were shattered and properties destroyed.
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One of the areas that witnessed the plague of rainstorm which took place on Monday February 13, in Lagos was the Ojo community area of Otto Awori local government where lives were shattered and properties destroyed.
The pathetic scenario in the place was the lives of some school children that perished in the water while others are still missing.
A visit to the area revealed that a total number of 17 primary school pupils of St Mary's Nursery and Primary School who perished inside the Shibiri Ekunpa river in a ferry heading to a neighbouring community, alongside two women.
There were two other students of Goodness Comprehensive High School who lost to their lives to the whirlwind.
Giving an account of what happened, the headmistress of the school, Adejoke Makinde, said seventeen children were in the ferry where 10 children perished in the Shibiri Ekunpa river. According to her, five children were rescued while two others are still missing. One of the women who also survived.
Four of the children were from the same parents. They were Mistura Hassan, Fausat Hassan, Ayisat Hassan, Afisat Hassan, Michael Eniola, Tope Rufai,, Abigail Aminu, Muyibi Oniru, Nofisat Aminu and Aminat Tijani. One of the survivors was Mrs. Hassan, a woman who is also the wife of the Baale in the community.