Lekki, Ikoyi, Ajah flooded after heavy rainfall

Eyebrow suburbs oon the Lagos Island such as Lekki, Ikoyi, and Ajah were, on Saturday, flooded after a heavy rainfall.

Lekki phase 1 was visible, flooded and part of Ikoyi were also submerged by flood impeding human and vehicular movements.

A young man, Smith Eze, told Sunday Tribune that the situation was worrisome.

“I was just coming from Ajah side and you can see Lekki as well. Everywhere has been flooded, if you are able to enter  Lekki Peninsula, you would see what I am talking about,” he said.

He added that “The situation affected many streets in the highbrow area. Some cars broke down, while those walking on the water-logged streets found it difficult to move.”

Sunday Tribune gathered that as of presstime, the flood was yet to subside.

The roads were not only filled with waters, the drainage  also overflowed, in nearly all the streets on the Island.

Meanwhile Lagos State government has, again, called on residents to observe extreme caution on the roads as torrential rain persists across the state.

While assuring the public of the heavy deployment of environmental sanitation officers and emergency rescue teams, especially in flood-prone areas, the government urged the residents to stay indoors, either at home or in their places of work, whenever there was heavy downpour, except when the need to commute becomes necessary.

Government also warned that heavy downpour should  be expected for a few more weeks, and solicited the support of citizens to desist from dumping refuse in canals and gutters to reduce the effect of temporary flooding.