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Floods : Govt to build retention pond
• Insurance companies face record claims
As the residents of Ajah , Lekki , Victoria Island and Ikoyi in Lagos houses and possessions in business operations because her son . and her son . They were buried swept away by the flood , had
State continue to count their the highbrow areas of Lekki , it happened over the weekend . She was identified simply some hours ago .” yet to be found . losses following the Saturday Victoria Island and Ikoyi had They , however , said a few as Aisha .
In Hayi , hundreds of A septuagenarian , Ishaya flooding of the areas , the state been insured by their owners , companies , whose business A resident , Ismail residents were seen trying to Bako , said 28 houses in Hayi government has said it is who are mostly high networth individuals . face little disruptions . Sunday , after the rain , we collapsed houses . flood .
premises were affected , might Abdullahi , said , “ On salvage their property from alone were destroyed by building a retention pond to assist in containing flooding Economic and financial A source at the state fire found a corpse . Today again Three of them told our He said , “ We are still in the state . analysts could not put a figure service told PUNCH Metro ( Monday ), we found the correspondents that one looking for two boys , Shehu
The Commissioner for the to the amount in claims the that one of the banks on the corpses of a woman , Aisha , of the boys , Suleiman , was and Suleiman . My house Environment , Dr Babatunde insurance sectors would likely Lagos Island , which consulted Adejare , stated this on face from the unfortunate its service , was advised to get Monday . development when contacted sucking pipes to drain the Adejare said a retention by our correspondents on water on its premises . pond was currently being Monday .
On Twitter , Nigerians are built at the Sangotedo area They , however , said still recounting their losses , of Lagos State as a form of the impact would be felt as a driver claimed that he rainfall harvesting to serve as significantly by the insurance spent about N1m on the a reservoir for storm water at sector . repairs of his car damaged the peak of the rainy season Remarking on the likely by the flood . for onward release into the impact of the development Okota River after the rains on the insurance sector , the Niger flood : 28 houses subsided .
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Adejare said , “ This Asset Management Limited , 13 retention pond is essential Mr . Johnson Chukwu , as Lagos in recent times said , “ Houses in Victoria About 28 houses have been has been experiencing flash Island , Lekki , Ikoyi have destroyed with hundreds of flooding due to the rise in household insurance cover . residents rendered homeless the sea level and persistent Household insurance is one in the flooding , which rainfall . of the compulsory insurance ravaged Hayi and Chachinia
“ Flooding all over the world policies . The insurance sector communities in the Tafa and is rated as the second biggest will record very huge claims . Suleja local government areas natural disasters . We will find I cannot put a figure now of Niger State . a lasting solution to the issue because it will be too early to During a visit to the two of flooding in Lagos . do that , but certainly it will communities on Monday , our “ Lagos has experienced be huge .” correspondents learnt that 475mm of rainfall in the last Analysts said the flood did Chachinia residents found seven days ; the rain of July 8 , not hamper banking and the corpse of a woman and • Scenes of the flood which was 178mm was more than six months of rainfall in the city of California , USA .”
He further stated that the
Bankers arrested for defrauding government had resolved to be more stringent in the campaign against dumping of refuse in canals and drains Afeez Hanafi Machine cards belonging to in Ikoyi , said the bankers any transactions on their so as to evade being detected and was ready to enforce the victims were reportedly carried out the fraud on the accounts within the period by the bank monitoring physical planning laws . Three bankers have recovered from Salami ’ s car . accounts of customers , who that money was stolen from mechanisms or the owners of
He attributed the Saturday been arrested by the They were said to have did not subscribe to Internet their accounts . the accounts . They defrauded flooding to the high tide of police for allegedly led operatives to Kwara and banking .
“ The suspects , after their victims to the tune of the lagoon , persistent rainfall hacking into the bank Oyo states , where other He said , “ The work successful withdrawals over N150m .” and high volume of storm accounts of customers and members of the gang were of the network provider of the money , transferred The SFU , however , did water , and consequent back diverting a total sum of apprehended . suspects was to assist the the money into about 40 not disclose the banks the flow from the lagoon to the N150m .
The SFU spokesperson , bankers to swap the SIM different accounts to avoid suspects worked for . drains instead of the drains The bankers – Oyelade ASP Lawal Audu , who cards of the targeted bank being detected . They carried The gang leader , Salami , discharge into the lagoon . Shola-Isaac , 32 , Osuolale paraded the suspects on customers so that they were out their operations at denied his involvement in the
Adejare stated that the Hammid , 40 , and Akeem Monday at the unit ’ s office unable to receive alerts of weekends and public holidays fraud , adding that one Moses retention pond was part of the Adesina , 33 – were had contracted him to get the state government ’ s response apprehended along with eight ATM cards . to flooding , in addition to other suspects in connection He said , “ I was in an eatery the existence of about 202 with the fraud . at Surulere with my friends primary channels that served Three of the accomplices , when the policemen came to as storage and drains for Okpetu John , 29 ; arrest us and said we were storm water . Chukwumnoso Ifeanyi , 30 ; fraudsters . In May this year ,
PUNCH Metro also and Salako Abdulsalam a friend of mine , Moses , gathered that insurance were said to be MTN agents , asked me to get some ATM companies might face record while others were identified cards for him , but I did not claims following the flooding . as Ismaeel Salami , 49 ; demand what he wanted to
According to findings by Akinola Oghuan , 34 ; Sarumi use them for . our correspondents , owners Abubakar , 32 ; James Idagu , “ I was looking for someone of houses and property 56 ; and 33-year-old Sunday that could help me get the affected by the flooding are Okeke . ATM cards when I came preparing documents to file PUNCH Metro learnt that across one Abubakar at huge claims against their five of the suspects , including Ibadan , Oyo State . To my insurance companies . the kingpin , Salami , were surprise , he brought about
This , it was learnt , would rounded up by operatives of 40 cards to me .” cost the insurance sector the Special Fraud Unit of the Abubakar said he got some huge losses arising from Nigeria Police Force at an of the cards from his friends . payment of record claims . eatery in the Bode Thomas One of the bankers , Shola ,
Our correspondent area of the state . said , “ One day , my manager gathered that most of the About 32 Automated Teller • The suspects Photo : Afeez Hanafi called me to come to the office