About 100 houses were destroyed at Ibefun in Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State, rendering many residents homeless.
The storm, blew off house roofs and uprooted electric poles in the early hours of Thursday.
Although no life was lost in the natural disaster, victims could not
quantify their losses as all they had were reportedly washed away by
flood.
The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has visited the people
who were affected by the rainstorm, with a promise that his
administration would respond adequately to any form of disaster in any
part of the state to ensure that those affected do not suffer
unnecessarily.
Abiodun, it was gathered, inspected damaged buildings and public
facilities affected by the rainstorm; while also sympathising with the
people and thanking God that no life was lost.
“We are here to see the level of damages caused by yesterday’s
rainstorm. I sympathise with you and I thank God that no life was lost. I
want to assure you that we will stand by you at these trying times.
The governor said government officials from the State Emergency
Management Agency would visit the area to ascertain the number of houses
and other facilities affected and the extent of the damage for prompt
actions to be taken.
He added that his presence was to assure the people that government would not forgot them.
“We will send government officials to come and assess the extent of
damage so that we can know how to go about assisting those that were
affected. Please form a small committee to liaise with those that we
will send so that we can know what to do to assist those affected”, he
concluded.
A community leader, Hon. Ezekiel Agbaoye, while addressing the
governor, said the havoc was caused by torrential rainstorm that pulled
down about 100 houses.