Vehicles were submerged and business activities grounded following a downpour in Owerri, Imo State, on Friday.

The downpour, which lasted over two hours in the metropolis, forced traders to hurriedly lock up their shops and ran for their lives due to heavy flooding on several streets.

Areas mostly affected were Bank Road, Mbari, Douglas, Akwakuma,Orji, Control Post and Item Street.


Vehicles stalled in flooding were submerged, causing gridlock in the state capital.

The Special Adviser on Media to the Governor, Steve Osuji, said, “The problem is deep no doubt. Eight years of environmental degradation by (the) Rochas Okorocha (administration) left Imo a disaster zone. But the right men are on the job. The Owerri underground drainage master plan which was abandoned is being excavated. Soon Owerri shall be the cleanest again.”

See more here; http://gistmore.com/vehicles-submerged-traders-flee-as-downpour-hits-owerri

Lalasticlala

Nawaooo

Ewo

Na wa

Na wao

Na to go buy speed boat for short term business for this kind area.

This is wot happen wen everybody makes drainage their dumbing ground for their used bottled water container, lacasera, pure water sachets but still government will be blamed.

When you dream to be like lagos

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Owerri..

Night club Haven

The gods are angry

GistMore3:
Lalasticlala

Are you Ok? Why you dey call Lala? Is there anything here that looks like snake to you? Better respect yourself o

Time to swim

In most developed region

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Only God knows when my car will dry. It smells like Rotten fish. I don clean tire. Terrible flood at world bank Last Roundabout.

Erosion and flooding.

Bad combination.

Chai state capital fa

This one dey too bad o...

O town land of enjoyment

See what okorohawusa caused. Let His successor fix it

Rochas messed owerri up. That state used to be very beautiful

The roads are bad almost everywhere in Nigeria, that's why when rain falls, so many places will be flooded. People are not helping matters too,they block drainages with rubbish and expect water not to find it's level

The governor is busy fighting okorocha ,looking for where okorocha kept some old funitures

i swear titanic go loss for this water

Mother Nature weeping, refusing to be consoled, because her children are no more.