“A Lot of Buildings Will Go Down,” Lagos Blows Hot About Flood

Tokunbo Wahab, the Lagos State Commissioner for Environment, promised on Wednesday to remove several structures that are impeding the free flow of rainwater.

He declared that “regardless of who or highly placed the owners are,” such structures would be demolished.

Following the devastating flood that buried numerous homes, neighborhoods, and properties in Lagos, Wahab made his remarks.

Epe, Eredo, Bogije, Labora, Abijon, Sangotedo, Awoyaya, and Ibeju-Lekki are a few of the regions impacted.

In Ikosi, Lagos State’s Ketu district, a flood carried away a primary six student named Joshua.

According to Daily Trust, some criminals exploited the situation by charging onlookers N100 to cross a temporary bridge in Lagos.

The commissioner, however, unleashed his anger on a post on social media asking him to explain if “the Igbo-owned property and business demolition we witnessed in Lagos 2023, was all politically engineered?”

@PureStanley1 posted that “Can we all now agree that the Igbo owned property and business demolition we witnessed in Lagos 2023, was all politically engineered? and we were told that some of the buildings were built on canals, thereby blocking the flow of water and causing flooding in Lagos.

@tokunbo_wahab can u explain to us why there was a flood in Lagos again yesterday and the early hours of today, after going on demolition spree on IGBOS owned properties?

“Take the Microphone sir, we await ur response!.”

But Wahab fired back and accused the social media user of pushing ethnic narrative.

“Many more structures obstructing the free flow of rain water in Lagos will still be removed irrespective of who or highly placed the owners are. Prepare your mind to make your usual aimless and empty noise. If turning it to ethnic narrative makes you happy, go ahead! ” he posted.

I can not imagine what the parents of the boy that died today due to the flood are going through. It is my prayer that God will comfort them and give them the fortitude to bear the loss.

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