About 400 buildings have been wrecked, and thousands of residents homeless, after a windstorm destroys some streets at about 4.30pm on Monday, in Papa Ashafa/Dopemu in the Orile-Agege area of Lagos State.

Some of the affected streets include Abibatu, Opeifa, Fabowale, Kushoro, Opeolu, Bakare Opesha, Sura Ogunmakin, Igbayilola, Akintunde, Alafia, Sadiku, Ebun, Ayeni, Oyewole, Adewunmi Adebiyi, Oyewole Close, Oyewole Road and Alafia Close.

An Assembly of God Church building atop a residential building was uprooted away to another building opposite it.

Some residents gave account of their experience as the storm blew off their houses and rendered them homeless.

A trader, Mrs. Balogun Labake, said, “I saw the thing rolling towards us with full force. It pulled the bed from underneath us. As we were about running away, the force blocked us from going out. It destroyed all our property and damaged the roofing sheets.”

Mrs. Nike Olusanaya, a civil servant resident on Okubanjo Street said, “We have nowhere to stay again. We have been carrying our loads around and begging people to house us. The windstorm threw the ceiling of our room far away. I slept outside with my kids.”

The headmistress of the school, Mrs Ayeni Oluremi, said, “The incident happened exactly 4.30pm. The children closed from school at 4pm, and after that, they gathered outside.

“The school bus was coming to pick them in groups. There were still 12 of them remaining when it began to drizzle and suddenly, the asbestos of the school began to fall off. I took them inside. Just then, I saw the wind snapping the poles and tearing the cables apart.

“It was a few minutes after that that the school bus arrived to take them. The pole fell where we usually park the bus. It was God. We celebrated this morning and spent one hour on the assembly.”

Another private school, Al-Baraka Schools on Oshundairo Street had some parts of the buildings damaged, while a public primary school, Oyewole Primary School on Oyewole Road had its wall broken down while State Junior High School and Christfield Comprehensive College, both on Oyewole Road had their roofing sheets blown away.

A tailor living in the house where the church was, Mr. Segun Toyin, said, “There were five of us around that time. My four friends, who were outside, suddenly ran into the shop and said there was an earthquake. A few minutes later, the wind took off the building.”

Photos and the remaining resident experience http://www.nigerianheadlines.com/about-400-buildings-wrecked-as-windstorm-visits-lagos-streets/

Jesus!!!, rain storm or Tornado??
Holy ghost take charge of the remainder of the this raining season.

Nawa oh. Abii nah hurricane or hin brother

Nawa oo. which kind windstorm be dat, God help us ooo

.......,so so sorry. d Lord is dia strength

Is this real? I hope NOT!

Why aren't the national dailies carrying it? Aren't there nairalanders that live there and around? I don't want to believe it. I pray its not true

Dat agege street self na wa oo

Na wa ooo.... things are really changing.

oludashmi:
An Assembly of God Church building atop a residential building was uprooted away to another building opposite it.

I no understand wetin you talk for here o. The video dey youtube? I go like see as e happen with my eyes.

Prolly a tropical cyclone. If our meteorological agencies were functional, they would have given a fore-warning of the impending disaster and prompt evacuations of the areas woukd be achieved. But no, na only to tell us temperature, fake rainfall and sunshine updates.
And to those that think it is due to bad structures and and poor housing layout schemes, such disaster dey happen for una dreamland, Amelica, almost on an annual basis sef. But the difference is that they predict the course of the storm and evacuate to prevent loss of lives