Calabar rain is always terrible. Drainage problem

Its a warning to other directors of works and commissioners of work.

From now on, any leader who contructs roads with open drainages should be hanged.

part of what he controls decided to kill him.
the story is weary.
director of works. rip

This is tragic.

Teenage Money: Space Booked.

Fool, is that all you can say?

Sad but true. IBB Way is one terrible place during heavy downpour but the man should've known this 'cos he's not a stranger. The road has been like that since I was born. The family members should just forget it because the big gutter there empties itself at the river, Calabar South. But then I can say my governor is one person that have really tried for drainage. It just the topography of the area that makes it the way it is. RIP sir!

Point of correction!!! the man in question mr Friday akpan was NOT the director of works! He was the head of the carpentry unit in Works department!!! I'm a staff of works department!

Babzilla:

EVEN IF YOU CLOSE IT SOME FOOLISH PEOPLE WILL OPEN IT

poverty has turned the whole citizon to

Damn! sad though...

buh whats the RIPs for?? He might be alive somewhere! No mention that he's dead...

Impatient Nigerian drivers.

This is really sad news, being an ex malabite of Unical. The drainage constructions in Calabar town are quite wide, you have gutters as wide as 6 feet on an average,so if care is not taken, you can't tell where the gutter or side walk is. The town being a coastal one, it's necessary to build them like that, though it does little in stemming the flood if there is torrential downpour. As someone pointed out, there should be slabs covering it at all times to forestall such a mishap. In my sophomore year, i have seen an Honda civic hatchback being swept away in the canal, the torrent can be that strong. R.I.P to you sir.

That pic the OP posted can't be Calabar.

Lilimax: Quite an unfortunate incident .
Can't imagine the sight of watching your loved one being swept away by flood.
RIP sir.

Hmm. . . Lilimax, na wa for you o!
why did you say RIP ?
Nobody says he is dead plz.
He may still be in the water. God can do wonders.

This was quite unprecedented years back in the nigerian cities and towns.But with drastic climate change it seems to be frequent sights in nigeria these days.And like every other thing,nigeria is way unprepared for catastrophic weather occurrences.

You got to be prepared.

Aizebioje: Eya...
Director of works U said... Hmmm *thinking*

what are u insinuating buddy
If only the flood swept him off in the university premises.
Dont forget no b for state govt e b director.

Sugardiva: This isn't a picture of calabar at all let alone IBB. And there hasn't been any seriously heavy rain on a monday in the past couple of weeks. No offence but this story needs verification.

I'm based in calabar and I can attest to the fact that there was a heavy downpour on monday night and the streets were actually flooded. I was stuck in the traffic situation too and this was due to the flooded roads, no one dared move his/her car cos it was really bad. Why he got down from his car despite the downpour is beyond me, i'm not saying I saw the incident live before my eyes. I was in a different route from his.

Ranks007: The city that offends the Creator nature must go hard on them....stop that Satanic street party you call carnival...

Get a life!

Ranks007: The city that offends the Creator nature must go hard on them....stop that Satanic street party you call carnival...

Like the other guy said, u really do need to get a life!

Ranks007: The city that offends the Creator nature must go hard on them....stop that Satanic street party you call carnival...

You are an akpa amu. Datz all

May God grant the family the strength to bear this tragedy. I can't imagine how traumatised the wife and kids must be, after watching him so helplessly! Sad, truly sad! I have lived in Calabar for most of my life, I schooled there in Unical and my family still stays there. I know very well how heavy the rains in that city can be, as well as the huge open gutters. Similar stories of people, even children, being swept away by the raging waters have been widely reported. I really wish there is something that can be done to prevent such tragedies.

R.I.P Sir.

Ranks007: The city that offends the Creator nature must go hard on them....stop that Satanic street party you call carnival...

Superstition & mental laziness are the greatest problems of a black man.

deloon: That pic the OP posted can't be Calabar.

Correct . . . .

Having lived in Calabar for a while I know how GIANT their gutters are...RIP to the dead

The Stupidity of open drainage design. Why leave it open?? Is its contents supposed to be something beautiful to look at?? R.I.P to the deceased.

madam_oringo: Na wah o! Na flood be this? Is there no functioning drainage system? Yes, a tsunami can overwhelm a drainage system but when a heavy rain does this, it is surely because the government has not been doing its job of maintaining existing draining systems, making sure they are cleared of dirt and even constructing bigger ones that can drain water away to the streams much faster!

the drainage are ok. But the rains in calabar is always something else.

Hope he survives. op pls remove that pic. cus dats nt calabar.

Ranks007: The city that offends the Creator nature must go hard on them....stop that Satanic street party you call carnival...

now i know ur brain is on vaccation. Ram. Wat has that got 2 do wit the crap u posted

Guy no one prays for such thing nd no one in his right senses will b making joke out of such thing. The brother of D̶̲̥̅̊ man in qquestion is my coleague in D̶̲̥̅̊ office, b4 dis news cameup here on nairaland, I ve already heared of it. So its true

Sugardiva: This isn't a picture of calabar at all let alone IBB. And there hasn't been any seriously heavy rain on a monday in the past couple of weeks. No offence but this story needs verification.

CRS drainages are quite big, large and wide. So the man mistakenly stepping into it... Ironically a lil patience and the flood will have been gone. The floods never last more than an hour once the rains stop. Hope he's okay though

Ranks007: The city that offends the Creator nature must go hard on them....stop that Satanic street party you call carnival...

same with New Orleans with their ungodly mardi gra

Okiki_Oluwa: Sooo...sad! I pray for the well beign of the family.

so pathetic