Flood Sweeps Away Woman in Anambra, Dumps Corpse at Oko Poly Gate
It was a terrific scene on Tuesday in Anambra State, as heavy flood swept away a woman in Oko, Orumba North Council Area, as a result of heavy downpour that during the day.
An eyewitness said the incident happened at about 11:49pm after the victim came out from the First City Monument Bank (FCMB) where she went to perform some transactions.
It was gathered that, as a result of the heavy rain, the deceased, identified as Mrs. Onyinye Okafor, packed her motorcycle at a location and boarded a tricycle to the FCMB, after which she boarded another tricycle to go back.
It was however reported that heavy flood on the road started quaking and affecting the movement of their tricycle, to the point that the tricyclist missed the track and lost control of the tricycle.
The woman, having sensed danger, alighted from the tricycle in the pool of the flood in attempt to escape, but immediately she stepped down, she missed her-step, and fell into a drainage channel; and was washed away immediately.
Some of her co-passengers in the tricycle and the tricyclist himself made efforts to rescue her, but could not, and the roaring flood eventually swept her off their hands and washed her out through the drainage.
The eyewitness said many of those who attempted to rescue her also sustained varied degrees of injuries due to the effect of the flood,” the eyewitness said.
Continuing, the eyewitness said the flood eventually dumped the victim’s corpse under a culvert of a big drainage system at the Front Gate of the Federal Polytechnic, Oko, where she was later found, after a hours and series of intensive search.
Mrs. Okafor, according to the eyewitness, was immediately rushed to Chukwunonso Hospital, Oko, where she was confirmed dead by the doctor on duty.
Further inquiries revealed that the deceased, Mrs. Okafor, a mother of five, hailed from Etti in Nanka community, Orumba Nouth Local Government Area of the State.
The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, is yet to confirm the report.
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