A middle aged man and a three year-old female; both residents of Aba, the commercial hub of Abia State have been reported to have lost their lives in about four hours torrential rain that hit the Enyimba city on Tuesday.

While the identity of the male and female victims were still unknown as at the time of filing the report, information has it that the incidents happened along Faulks road, near the popular Ariaria International market and Osusu off popular Ama Ogbonna bus stop; all within the heart of the business town respectively.

Their dead bodies were said to have been found floating on top of water on the road and canal hours after being swept off by the heavy water current as bystanders who could not risk losing their lives while trying to save them watch helplessly.

Efforts to reach the Abia State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Ogbonnaya Nta on his mobile line to speak over the incidents while filing the report failed, a source at the Ariaira Police Division confirmed the death of the middle aged man.

The source however allayed earlier fears that the middle aged man was a trader or a customer coming to Ariaria International market as was earlier speculated by callers to the scene.

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