Seven persons have been killed during a rainstorm that occurred in Delta state.
Speaking at a press conference in Asaba, Delta capital, Charles Aniagwu, commissioner for information, said the victims included a 10-year-old boy.
Aniagwu said the incident occurred in Oko axis of Oshimili and Okpanam, Oshimili south north LGA of the state on Wednesday.
“The storm that greeted the downpour on Wednesday, in the Oko axis, we lost six persons as the rainstorm fell a building and some trees and the collapsed structure led to the death of six persons,” he said.
“One other is critically injured and he is being attended to at the Asaba Specialist Hospital, while five others are in a stable condition but sustain some level of injury.”
“There is also another one that is so pathetic in Okotomi community in Okpanam. The state government is intervening with flood control measures to save the community from flooding and to open up the area.
“But on account of the rainstorm flood on Wednesday, a 10-year-old lad, who was returning from Church in the evening slipped and fell into the drain that was been constructed.
“And because of the large volume of water in the ongoing construction project, the lad was swept by the flood and all attempt by neighbours and others to recover him failed, through the search is still on as at today.
“This is quite disturbing and we pray that God will grant their families the strength to bear that loss. Even as we ask God to comfort us as a state.”
He said the government team is on ground to ensure that the body is recovered.
