Rainstorm Destroys 50 Houses In Kwara

Heavy rainstorm last week destroyed at least 50 houses in Omu-Aran area of Kwara State rendering some of the residents homeless.

It was reliably gathered that the heavy rain which started some minutes after 6.00 pm, and lasted for about an hour, left some of the houses with either their roofs blown off or walls partially pulled down.

Eye-witnesses said a middle-aged man was  injured when the wall of his house gave way as a result of the heavy rain, while the man whose name mentioned was not  was said to have been rushed to a nearby private hospital for treatment.

Also affected by the storm were school buildings, hospitals, churches as well as filling stations within the town and some of the affected residents were forced to take shelter in houses of relatives not affected by the storm.

Majority of the victims, who were seen making frantic efforts to salvage their belongings, expressed regrets about the economic burden of the incident, and appealed to the government for assistance.

The incident was also compounded by the power outage in the rea that lasted for about six days.

Olomu of Omu-Aran, Oba Charles Ibitoye described the destruction by rain storm as very unfortunate, and appealed to the government to assist the people to cushion the effect of the incident.

He said “we are particularly saddened by this unfortunate incident and we take it as an act of God.  Our appeal is for government to come to our aid and assist the people in alleviating the effect of the destruction”.

The DPO in the area, Mr Razak Adebayo said the command was taking stock of the incident, confirming that no life was lost.