Body Of Man Swept Away By Flood Around Nimo Market Found Near A Stream
Body of a Man swept away by flood at Oye Nimo market in the Njikoka LGA of Anambra State has been found near a stream a day after.
A source said the man who hailed from Egbengwu Village Nimo, was a mechanic.
The source said, “Following a search, his body was found around a stream called Ogbujilekwe, along the Nimo-Neni Road .
It was earlier reported on Wednesday, that a man whose identity was yet to be ascertained, was swept way by flood at the Oye market Nimo, on Tuesday, and that the body was yet to be found.
According to the source, the victim mistakenly stepped into a drainage at the front of the market during a heavy rain and was carried away by the flood.
“It happened when it was raining in the area. The man unknowingly stepped inside the drainage at the market and the flood carried him way.
“So far, no news about the man. Nobody had given the identity of the man. Those who where around when the incident happened said they didn’t know the man; and no news about where he is,” the source had said.
This happened barely four days after floods, occasioned by heavy rain , killed two children in different locations at Nkwele Village, Awka.
The children were said to be between the ages of four and seven
According to the report, one of the children was swept away by the flood while disposing refuse on a flood channel, while the other was flushed away while trying to rescue his slippers which was being carried away by the flood.
