Residents of Lekki in Lagos State have cried out after their homes got flooded following a heavy downpour in the state.
Many parts of Lagos metropolis were locked down by traffic gridlock following a heavy rainfall today, perhaps the worst flood ever experienced in the Nigerian city of 30 million people.
The highbrow Lekki-Victoria Island axis was seriously affected with motorists spending up to six hours to escape the water-logged roads and expressway. Some homes in Victoria Garden City, estates around Chevron and Lekki One, were flooded.
A motorist said he spent four and half hours from Alausa in Ikeja to reach Alimosho, a journey usually not more than 45 minutes on the Lagos Mainland.
On the Lekki-Expressway, the entire road was water-logged and traffic moved at a terribly snail-speed. Ahmadu Bello in Victoria Island that houses the popular Galleria was literally forbidden to traffic as the flood water reached more than knee length.
Many motorists trapped in the Lekki-Ajah Road had to turn back, after many hours of being held in the slow traffic.
“It is really a bad day for us in Lagos”, said a lawyer. Also speaking, Amechi Isiekwena who lives in Lekki phase one said that he woke up this morning to discover that water has taken over his parlour.
He wrote: "This is the shock I got this morning. My parlour is flooded and this is directly linked to the blocked canals. @akinwunmiambode" on Instagram.
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