Several parts of Lagos were flooded on Sunday following heavy rainfall, with residents sharing videos on social media showing submerged roads, trapped cars and refuse heaps clogging drainage channels.
Most of the island and mainland areas of the metropolis — including Mushin, Gbagada, Surulere, Ijesha, Ilupeju, Shomolu, Ikeja, Ikorodu, Oshodi, Victoria Island and parts of Lekki — were affected.
Videos showed flooded roads, including expressways, with waste and debris disrupting free flow of stormwater.
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Residents were also seen wading through floodwaters while some vehicles were stuck in the mud.
Reacting in a series of posts on X, Tokunbo Wahab, Lagos commissioner for environment and water resources, said the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) intervention team had been deployed in some of the affected locations.
“The LAWMA Intervention Team has been notified
