Many
residents of Benin City, the Edo State capital have been rendered homeless
following the heavy down pour that lasted for several hours on Saturday.
According
to a Leadership Newspaper correspondent who went round to monitor situation in
the capital city, “several houses were submerged by the flood, several others
were destroyed”.
According
to the report the areas worst hit however includes several parts of the
Government Reserve Area (GRA), 1st East Circular, Akenwan road, Sakponba road,
Erediauwa, off Sapele road, Okhoro as well as Ugbowo areas of the city.
The
rampaging flood also destroyed several cars.