10-Year-Old Boy Drowns, 6 Others Killed As Rainstorm Batters Delta

A rainstorm in Delta State claimed no fewer than seven lives, the Delta State Government confirmed on Thursday, April 20.

Many were also injured and are receiving treatment at the hospital.

The state Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, who disclosed this at a news conference in Asaba, said the victims included a 10-year-old boy.

According to Aniagwu, deaths were recorded in Oko axis of Oshimili and Okpanam, Oshimili South North Local Government Areas of the state

He said: “The storm that greeted the downpour on Wednesday, in the Oko axis, we lost six persons as the rainstorm fell on a building and some trees and the collapsed structure led to the death of six persons.

He added, “There is also another one that is so pathetic. In Okotomi Community in Okpanam, the state government is intervening with flood control measures to save the community from flooding and to open up the area.

“But on account of the rainstorm on Wednesday, a 10-year-old lad, who was returning from Church in the evening slipped and fell into the drain that was being constructed.

He said that a government team coordinated by the Secretary to the State Government, Chief Patrick Ukah was on ground to ensure that the body was recovered.

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