Rain, windstorm wreck havoc, destroy properties in Kwara

Date: 2023-03-24

A torrential rainfall, accompanied by windstorms on Thursday evening wreaked havoc in the Ilorin metropolis of Kwara State, damaging cars, electric poles, cables and sign posts belonging to political parties.

The rain, which lasted for over an hour, started around 3.30 pm and stopped at 5pm.

It was gathered that residents of Saw Mill, Gerin Alimi, Ibrahim Taiwo, Unity, Ita-Amodu and other areas in the metropolis were affected by the windstorms.

Our correspondent observed that several signposts damaged as a result of the windstorm led to blockage of major roads at Sawmill, Ibrahim Taiwo and Unity areas of the state capital. 

The authorities of the state fire service, who confirmed the incident, said it did not claim any life.

According to the Head of Media and Publicity of the agency, Hassan Adekunle, the rainstorm damaged many houses in Taiwo Isale, Unity road, Ita Amodu areas among other areas of the town.

“What would have been the worst was the fallen political sign posts which fell on a car at Unity Road, adding that the occupants of the car had left the vehicle before men of the Fire Service arrived for rescue mission”

Adekunle said that the director of the state Fire Service, Prince John Famuyiwa, had advised the people of the state to always remain indoors anytime they observed that rain was going to fall.

Famuyiwa also warned vehicle owners and drivers to keep off the streets whenever rain was falling or about to fall for the safety of their lives.

Also speaking on the incident, the Director General of Kwara State Signage and Advertisement, (KWASAA), Mr. Olorunshola Omotayo, said that efforts were ongoing to clear the falling signposts off the road to allow free flow of traffic, adding that the damage would also be evaluated.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Kwara 2019     Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim     Sabo-Oke     Aliyu Alhassan     Nagode     Prince Bola Ajibola     KSIRS     Kishira     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Manzuma     Ajikobi     Isiaka Rafiu Mope     Babaita     Kayode Issa     Harrison Osauwagboe     Bilikisu Oniyangi     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Olokoba Sulyman     Salihu Yahaya     Ilesha-Gwanara     Allocation     Dairo Kunle Paul     Al-Adaby     Olateju Lukman     Idris Garuba     KwaraLearn     Olatunde Jare     Plat Technologies Limited     Sulyman Tejidini     Obuh     Saliu Ajia     Musa Alhassan Buge     Titus Ashaolu     New Model Police Station     Afolayan     Adamu Atta     Igbomina     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Abatemi Usman     SARS     Post-utme     Erin-ile     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Lawal Jimoh     Boko Haram     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     Minimum Wage     Moji Makanjuola     Illyasu Abdullahi     Michael Nzwekwe     Arandun     Habeeb Saidu     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     Haleeman Salman     PharmAccess Foundation     Oko-Olowo     Shagari     Alore     Royal FM     Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir     Salary     Kunbi Titiloye     Aliyu Umar     Ubandawaki     Okeose Christian Cementary     BECE     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Taofeeq Olateju     Olam Food Ingredients     Saidu Isa     Mohammed Halidu     SSA Youth     Baruba     Alfa Belgore     Raheem Adaramaja     Muazam Nayaya    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

PPS     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Ibrahim Jawondo     Lithium Deposit     LEAH Charity Foundation     Toyin Abdullahi     Yakubu Dogara     Village Alive Development Association     Lawan     Khairat Gwadabe     Amos Bajeh     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Chikanda     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Aso Ofi     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Emmanuel Bello     Isaac Gbenle     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Adanla-Irese     Ganiyu Abolarin     Makama Of Kaiama     Laduba     S.O. Opowoye     Barakat Community Secondary School     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     General Hospital, Ilorin     AbdulGafar Tosho     Goodluck Jonathan     Issa Memunat Moyosore     Omotoso     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     Suleman Abubakar     Federal Polytechnic Offa     NURTW     Maryam Ado Bayero     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Balogun Fulani     Edret Sabi Abel     Read With Me     Temi Kolawole     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Balogun Ajikobi     Awwal Jawondo     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     Ajuloopin     Kamaldeen Gambari     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station     Bashiru Makama     Ayegbeni     Amusa Bello     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Convocation Ceremonies     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Marufat Oladosu     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     Babatunde Idiagbon     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Ishaq Salman     Dele Belgore     Reuben Paraje     Aliyu U. Tilde     Yahaya Seriki Gambari     Bashir Badawi     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Cornelius Adebayo     Garba Ayodele Wahab