A heavy rainstorm that occured on Thursday evening has wrecked havoc in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital, leaving some residents homeless and with tales of woe and anguish.
The storm which followed a 30 minutes downpour in Abeokuta, affected many areas such as Iporo Ake, Itoko, Okejigbo, Ijaye, Iyana-Mortuary, Olorunsogo, Abiola way and Lantoro, rendered many residents homeless while properties worth millions of naira were destroyed.
But,24 hours after the incident which did not claim any life, the State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun visited the affected areas and saw, rooftops of not less than five public primary schools blown
off.
The Governor also visited the area where, electric poles of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) were not spared by the rainstorm which also uprooted trees in some areas. Amosun expressed shock at Bode-Ijaiye Primary School describing the incident as unfortunate.
He expressed his administration readiness to assist the victims of the rainstorm through assistance from the Federal Government .
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