The Anambra police command received a distress call that one milk coloured Peugeot 504 Saloon Car with four occupants was washed away by heavy downpour and submerged in a flood along Nise road by city landmark hotel in Amawbia two days ago.

Following the report, Police patrol team attached to Central Police Station Awka rushed to the scene on rescue operations and with the assistance of the community where three male occupants of the vehicle were rescued alive while a girl of about thirteen years was said to be taken away by the flood inside the car.

Preliminary investigation so far revealed the identities of the three surviving victims as follows,

1.Elder Ejike Anadebe male (Driver)
2.Ogu Ebuka male and,
3.Emmanuel Samuel all males of Zion pillar church adabebe in Amawbia,Awka.

Meanwhile, the vehicle was recovered and one Ebube Samuel female aged thirteen years of the same address was found inside the car and rushed to the hospital where she was confirmed dead by a medical doctor.

The Commissioner of Police Anambra State Command, CP Garba Baba Umar has commiserated with the victims family on behalf of the State Command and urged other road users to take extra precautions to secure their lives first whenever they are faced with similar situation due to heavy downpour the State is experiencing of recent.

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2018/07/passengers-rescued-alive-after-being-carried-away-by-flood-in-anambra.html

It's been raining none stop through out this week in onitsha metropolis and it's worse in obosi region... We thank God for those rescued and ask Him to accept the soul of the 13 years old girl, Amen!

2019 sai. ......

Do Drainage Do better Drainage... Una Govt Say No And Y'all Don't Want to Do Anything About It.... continue suffering


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A big problem in the South East.

They will build fine and correct house, but to do drainage na problem

The rain last 2days was something else and the cold that follows it is another thing, I nearly boil myself yesterday



Thank God they were saved

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shut up... Anambra state has one of the best drainage system in Nigeria. Blockage of drainage systems cause flooding by this particular one has nothing to do with drainage system.

Tolexander:
A big problem in the South East.

They will build fine and correct house, but to do drainage na problem

Too expensive n not their biz.


RIP to d poor innocent girl.

Tolexander:
A big problem in the South East.

They will build fine and correct house, but to do drainage na problem

stop talking shit... Only few roads in Anambra stand without a drainage system... Go to places like delta and Edo and see what it means to build without drainage systems in their Gra

Tolexander:
A big problem in the South East.

They will build fine and correct house, but to do drainage na problem

I hope you remember it happened in Ogun last 2 weeks ago same as Calabar and Akwa Ibom. Do you remember about Lekki(Lagos) also?

Does it mean that Ambode, Amosun, Udom or Ayade didn't do better drainage in their respective state's?


If you want to condemn something do it generally and don't make it seem as if it's peculiar to one area or region. Remain Blessed

ozoebuka1:
stop talking shit... Only few roads in Anambra stand without a drainage system... Go to places like delta and Edo and see what it means to build without drainage systems in their Gra

what is this one saying?

I said house with no drainage, he is talking about road with no drainage!

BeeBeeOoh:
I hope you remember it happened in Ogun last 2 weeks ago same as Calabar and Akwa Ibom. Do you remember about Lekki(Lagos) also?

Does it mean that Ambode, Amosun, Udom or Ayade didn't do better drainage in their respective state's?


If you want to condemn something do it generally and don't make it seem as if it's peculiar to one area or region. Remain Blessed

Those places you mentioned are Shorelines with altitude close to the Mean Sea Level. So you expect incessant flooding in those places.

Tolexander:
what is this one saying?

I said house with no drainage, he is talking about road with no drainage!

People build along roads so stop talking shit.

Tolexander:
Those places you mentioned are Shorelines with altitude close to the Mean Sea Level. So you expect incessant flooding in those places.

Is Kastina state also a shoreline with altitude close to the mean sea level?? Or, does it mean that Bello Masari didn't do better drainage there also?



Like I said before, If you want to condemn something do it generally and don't make it seem as if it's peculiar to one area or region.

Have a fun-filled day

Tolexander:
Those places you mentioned are Shorelines with altitude close to the Mean Sea Level. So you expect incessant flooding in those places.

lazy Yoruba man keep shifting the goalpost, last two weeks all mud houses at Abeokuata were melted by rampaging flood

BeeBeeOoh:
Is Kastina state also a shoreline with altitude close to the mean sea level?? Or, does it that Bello Masari didn't do better drainage there also?



Like I said before, If you want to condemn something do it generally and don't make it seem as if it's peculiar to one area or region.

Have a fun-filled day

Flooding is a common occurrence during the raining season everywhere and there are peculiar human factors causing the flood in every place where it had occur.

South West has its own, and that is dumping of refuse along the water channel.

Every zone I've been to in Nigeria, South East seems to show less concern to drainage when building their house, most especially Abia State that I worked in. And still considering the high soil erodibility of the soil in the east which is a great contributor to erosion and later flooding.

I'm not trying to be tribalistic here, or political zone interested.

Tolexander:
Flooding is a common occurrence during the raining season everywhere and there are peculiar human factors causing the flood in every place where it had occur.

South West has its own, and that is dumping of refuse along the water channel.

Every zone I've been to in Nigeria, South East seems to show less concern to drainage when building their house, most especially Abia State that I worked in. And still considering the high soil erodibility of the soil in the east which is a great contributor to erosion and later flooding.

I'm not trying to be tribalistic here, or political zone interested.

You should have advised Nigerian government to up their game in building good drainage system for Nigeria and her citizens than your initial comment.

BeeBeeOoh:
You should have advised Nigerian government to up their game in building good drainage for Nigeria and her citizens than your initial comment.

And the citizens to up their games in maintaining these drainages, cos many of the disasters caused won't affect the government.

If a white man makes a racist comment about Nigerians/Africans, you'll see this same people who litter every thread with their stupiid tribalism criticizing and insulting him, while in reality they're worse than him.

How can people with brains be wishing something bad happens to a particular tribe, so that they can jump on NL to type Ipob pigs and Afonja/brown roof republic

Una nor dey tire? The lazy mods can't even do their job.
These tribalists are part of the biggest problems we have in Nigeria. You guys are so fooliish and childish. Sometimes I wonder what the people behind these monikers look like...

Yeye people... Y'all are just occupying space on this planet.

Brainless humans

Amazing... rain is teaching us all a lesson.

The Odd Things That Happen Whenever It Rains in Lagos

13yrs! My God. She had her whole life ahead of her.
What a horrible way to die.
May your soul rest in peace dear

OP, the last picture is Asaba not anambra . That's South Gate hotel, opposite shoprite.

ANOTHER SHITHOLE

monexx:
ANOTHER SHITHOLE

From a Sh1t-Filled brain

see Fishers of men......

even the best drainage system and city planning can be overwhelmed when nature unleashes its fury. i fault no one here.

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am even suprise with the news anambra has a better drainage if not one of the best in nigeria, the best in south east.

Mutemenot:
OP, the last picture is Asaba not anambra . That's South Gate hotel, opposite shoprite.

you re correct, i was trying to remember were saw such place now you make me remember.

Tolexander:
Flooding is a common occurrence during the raining season everywhere and there are peculiar human factors causing the flood in every place where it had occur.

South West has its own, and that is dumping of refuse along the water channel.

Every zone I've been to in Nigeria, South East seems to show less concern to drainage when building their house, most especially Abia State that I worked in. And still considering the high soil erodibility of the soil in the east which is a great contributor to erosion and later flooding.

I'm not trying to be tribalistic here, or political zone interested.

You have a point.

However, the kind of flooding that happens in Onitsha is different from that of Lagos. Onitsha is (on a mini slope) by the bank of the Niger, and that's why the flood water moving down to the Niger easily causes a lot of damage (including carrying humans and vehicles) whenever there are heavy rains. It's not really about the unavailability of drains, cos some of those cases of flood sweeping away people and cars happen beside the massive drains by the Niger Bridge Expressway and in other parts of the town.

I think more of those large calibre drains need to be built and if possible, they should go underground. It will take a lot of engineering expertise to sort it out, but it can be done. If cities like London, Moscow, Paris, even ordinary Glasgow have underground rail services (tubes), why can't there be underground (massive) drains in Onitsha?