Flooded -Lekki & Ikoyi areas Godfrey George In the wake of the rainfall that pummeled Lagos for hours, GODFREY GEORGE tells the sorry story of residents living in highbrow Lekki, Ikoyi and Ajah areas who suffered irretrievable losses due to flooding As the rain intensified, streets became streams and reptiles came out to play in the floodwater that overflowed roads and seeped into the homes of the rich, forcing them to leave their palatial mansions for hotels. On Wednesday, July 4, 2024, the skies didn’t stop to cry for more than 10 hours. The rains continued that evening and caused relentless flooding.
By Thursday, floating furniture, TVs, mattresses and children’s toys were sighted in several videos posted online. In several of those online videos, many residents showed how they had to wade through murky waters to leave their homes. A particular woman, who said her name was Mrs Shade, lamented how she had lost everything in a home she paid a rent of N3.
5m every year for. A short tour around her house showed it was a two-bedroom apartment with a balcony and an extra bathroom. When contacted on Facebook , she told our correspondent that she paid an agent fee of N250,000 when she moved in October 2023.
“I haven’t even stayed up to one year in the house. I have lost everything. From my TV, to my new fridge, my furniture, my mattress and every valuable I have used more than 10 years of my life to build are all gone,” she said.
Shade’s experience mirrors that of many .
