Man Swept Away By Flood While Attempting To Save Cow In Ogun State

A 26-year–old man, Wale Odumosu, was swept away by flood after a downpour on Thursday in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State. The father of two was said to have been swept off his feet by the raging flood, when he attempted to save a cow, caught in the flood around Adefisan area of Ijebu Ode.

Eyewitnesses said the volume of water passing through the newly redirected drainage channel to the area increased as the downpour increased, making it impossible for other passers-by to rescue him. One of them said; 
"Wale has just returned from Lagos barely an hour before the incident happened. He wanted to hold the cow by the horn, but himself and the cow fell into the drainage channel and they were swept away by the flood."

The chairman, Isope Community landlord Association, Mr. Mushafau Osibanjo, said the incident occurred due to the re-channelisation of the drainage coming from the township into the area which they earlier protested.

- Punch