SAD! Heavy rainfall sweeps 60-year-old man away

– The body of Elder Ebenezer Olabode, who was swept away by the flood, floated on the bank of River Okooko the next day in Oke Oniti area of Osun state

– The 60-year old man was said to be returning home when he ran into the flooded street 

The body of an elderly man identified as Ebenezer Olabode, who was swept away by the evening flood on Tuesday, September  13, in Osogbo, on Wednesday floated on the bank of River Okooko in Oke Oniti area of Osun state.

The 60-year old man was said to be returning home when he ran into the flooded street ahead of his residence, Nigerian Bulletin reports.

According to an eyewitness, Olabode was adamant to move in the flood despite the advice of people around the scene not to do so.

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The eyewitness, simply called Thomas Onaolapo, said that the victim’s body could not be recovered by some Hausa men present at the scene after an intense search that lasted several hours.

He said: “We all warned him to go back but he didn’t listen. After moving for few minutes, the intensity of the flood forced open the booth of his car and the flood caught up with him. Two people standing nearby made attempt to rescue him and one of them nearly got drowned in the process and we all became powerless.”

His body has been deposited at the morgue of the State Hospital, Asubiaro.

Following the heavy downpour of rain, a similar incident occurred in Aba, Abia state, on Tuesday, September 13, as the corpse of a man was found floating around Ariaria International market.

According to the picture, the body of the naked man was recovered from the flood but they all do not know where the body was floating from.

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