Several houses and church buildings and cars were submerged after a downpour in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Tuesday.
This is just as many residents of Owerri, IMO State, were left devastated after floods destroyed their houses and goods. In Ibadan, the rain started in some areas on Monday evening and continued until early Tuesday.
In other parts of the city, the rain began in the middle of the night till around 9am on Tuesday.
Most of the affected areas were located close to the banks of some rivers, including Orogun, Akinyele, Onipepeye on Old Ife road, Dandaru Junction on Mokola/UCH Road and Olodo.
One of our correspondents visited some of the flooded areas and observed that many residents were trapped in their houses by the floods.
While many of them stood on elevated makeshift platforms in front homes, others took refuge on rooftops and higher floors of their houses.
In Orogun, a church building was submerged in water. Despite efforts of men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps to bring those trapped in the house of God to safety, they said they preferred to stay on an elevated platform until the water subsided.
