Virtually every area of Lagos State is flooded, courtesy of the all night rain from Wednesday till Thursday morning.
A visit to the mainland area of the state shows that residents are having a busy day scooping water from their houses due to the heavy downpour the previous night.
Areas badly hit by the flood included Ladipo, PWD along the Agege- Oshodi Road, Okota and Oshodi.
Others were Bariga, Mafoluku, Ilupeju, Ojota down to Ojodu Berger and Cele down to Mile 2.
The routes have become a night mare as motorists and passengers are experiencing traffic gridlock on those routes, even till press time.
Also fares to such flooded areas have increased drastically as a result of the gridlock.
A fare from Oshodi to Mile 2, which is N50, was increased sharply to N200.
The Ladipo area on Thursday morning was flooded, with shop owners and residents seen at noon scooping water from their flooded apartments.
“We have been busy today, flushing water from our apartments and we do not know where to sleep this night,” a resident of Ladipo, Makinde Ogunyemi, said.
“All our household property is wet, including bedding, clothes and cooking utensil. We could not go to work today so that we can remove water from our rooms,” another resident, Yomi Akin, at Bariga said.
Another resident at Ilupeju said she left her office early to attend to the flood in her house.
A woman who identified herself simply as Mrs. Regina, a police officer, said: “When I got to work this morning, I informed my boss that I will not be staying for long in the office and he allowed me to go home, because my house was flooded.
“Even the entire street was flooded too.
“Our mattresses were wet and all through the night we did not sleep as the rain kept us busy.
“The clothes I wore to work is from my neighbour living upstairs and may be we will go to her house to sleep, I and my family.”
It was further gathered that despite the warning from the government that the state will experience heavy rainfall this year, preparatory steps were not taken to prevent the flood as most drainage and gutters were not cleared.
Investigations also revealed that most streets have no proper drainage to channel the heavy rain.
It can be recalled that about this time last year, a heavy down pour in the state killed more than 10 people and destroyed properties worth millions of naira.