No fewer than six persons lost their lives, while five others sustained varying degrees of injury in a rainstorm that occurred in Oko, Oshimili south local government area of Delta State.
Trouble started on Wednesday Eve of April 19th 2023, in what started like child’s play.
Similarly, a young boy returning from the church in Okotumi community in Okpanam, Oshimili north local government area of the State where the state government is equally addressing the issue of erosive forces of the flood in Okpanam axis.
The young boy whose name is yet to be ascertained, 10 years of age, was swept away by the rainstorm accompanied by windstorm.
The state Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, who briefed journalists, said five others who sustained various degrees of injuries were being treated at the hospital.
According to him, a collapsed structure led to the death of 6 persons, one other person is critically injured and is being attended to at the Asaba Specialist Hospital, 5 others sustained various injuries are already in stable condition.
“It is something that is quite disturbing and unfortunate. It is our prayer that God will grant the deceased eternal rest even as we pray to God to comfort the bereaved families and grant them the fortitude to bear their loss,”
He said the State Government was coordinating rescue efforts to recover the boy.
The Commissioner also disclosed that Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has approved the constitution of Inauguration Committee to oversee a smooth transition to the next administration in the state.
On the falling of a petrol tanker on Udu Bridge, Aniagwu appealed to residents to be patient, saying that efforts were on to evacuate the tanker for free flow of traffic.
