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  • Oyo PDP congress turns violent as hoodlums invade venue; injure delegates, destroy cars

    Oyo PDP congress turns violent as hoodlums invade venue; injure delegates, destroy cars

    Gunmen alleged to be members of the Oyo State Park Management System have attacked Jogor Centre, venue of the State Congress of a faction of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

    No fewer than five people were injured while about 50 vehicles parked outside the venue were damaged.

    The hoodlums, who stormed the venue from the back gate, were heard shooting sporadically into the air and hacking anyone seen insight.

    One of the cars damaged belongs to Murhi International Television (MiTV), which was used to convey reporters to the scene

    The hoodlums were also seen brandishing cutlass, axes, guns and other dangerous weapons.

    A yet-to-be-identified delegate sustained matchet wounds as he was struck on the head.

    The situation left many scampering for safety.

     

  • [Video/photos] Two missing, properties destroyed as heavy rain wreaks havoc in Ogun

    [Video/photos] Two missing, properties destroyed as heavy rain wreaks havoc in Ogun

    There was pandemonium on Friday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital after a torrential rain wreaked havoc.

    The rain which fell heavily for over two hours reportedly swept away a mother and her child while properties worth billions of naira were also destroyed.

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    Scores of residents were sacked from their homes and shops when their apartments were either submerged or brought down by the flood. Household items, goods and other valuables were destroyed.

    In Omolasho and Kuto, major commercial areas of Abeokuta, goods and structures worth millions of naira were swept away and emptied into a canal by the Isabo state High court area where the flood was most violent and fiercest.

    Dozens of vehicles packed by the roadsides were also submerged with some of them dragged into gullies and pits.

    Some youths had to dig up one Toyota car buried near the Holy Cross Hospital, Ijaye, Abeokuta, by the devastating flood.

    Areas most hard hit are Ijaye, Omolasho, Kuto, Isale Egbein and Ijeja where the flood damaged the bridge linking Ijeja and other parts of the state capital.

    The Archdiocesan Headquarters of the Celestial Church of Christ, Ijaye, Abeokuta was also severely hit and dozens of home within the area affected as some of the residential buildings either collapsed, tilt or got weakened as to make them unsafe for habitation.

    The rain which started around 4:30 pm yesterday caught Abeokuta residents unaware, brought in in its trail flood and devastation.

    Thousands were locked down for hours following the massive flood that took over all access roads.

    In Ago Ijesha area, unauthorized persons, at different times confirmed that a mother and her toddler – daughter were swept away by the flood during the torrential rain.

     

  • Photos: Flood wreaks havoc in India, over 200 dead

    More than 200 people have died and 10 million affected in recent floods and landslides across India as the country’s IT capital Bangalore was the latest to grapple with the torrential monsoon rains.

    “In the eastern state of Bihar, the floods have killed 56 people since Sunday and affected nearly seven million,’’ State Disaster Management Official, Pratyay Amrit, said.

    Major rivers in Bihar, which neighbours Nepal, were overflowing, causing thousands of huts to wash away and damage to bridges, highways and crops.

    The deaths were due to wall collapses, drowning and electrocution, while thousands of homeless were lodged in government-run relief camps.

    The state officials said that 28 people have also died in the fresh wave of flooding in the north-eastern state of Assam since Thursday.

    More than three million people were affected either displaced, stranded or suffering damage to crops and property.

    Another 46 people died in a massive landslide triggered by heavy rains in the northern mountainous state of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday.

    In neighbouring Uttarakhand, 17 people were killed and more than 30 including soldiers were missing in floods, domestic media reported.

    Eight more people were killed in floods in the eastern states of West Bengal and Meghalaya.

    India’s IT hub of Bangalore was deluged by heavy overnight rains between Monday and Tuesday, the worst since 1890, broadcaster NDTV reported.

    The downpour flooded several areas of the city while electricity supplies were cut as a precautionary measure.

    Office-goers faced a tough time as several arterial roads and subways were waterlogged.

    More rain was forecast in the coming days in the flood-hit areas, according to the Indian Meteorological Department.

     

    (dpa/NAN)