A heavy rainfall which occurred yesterday in Onitsha area of Anambra State has led to the untimely death of a young lady. 

Report has it that the deceased was swept away by the heavy rain and her corpse was later found by a rescue team .

The residents are blaming the government for the bad road at Ochanja area where the incident occurred as they say it has done more harm than good to the people of Onitsha since the last 10 years.

The residents are calling on the Anambra state government to come and save them from dilapidated roads.

Facebook user Candy Blanche wrote;

This always happens yearly,pls if u don’t know ochanja very well, especially the gutters pls stay anywhere you’re once it starts raining heavily cos it kills people yearly,the rain even destroy shops, cars and keke cos wen u see gutter u won’t know it been covered by water and u will put leg. rip dear…

Share on:  Whatsapp  Twitter  Facebook