Ibadan flooding: 2 siblings, policeman’sbodies found

IBADAN—CONTRARY to the opinion that no life was
lost in last Saturday's flooding in Ibadan, three
bloated corpses of those apparently swept off by
the raging flood yesterday floated on Dandaru dam.
They were discovered early in the morning at the
dam close to the Department of Fisheries along the
road that leads to the Cultural Centre, Ibadan.
One of the bodies was identified as Ojo Ijebo, a
policeman from the Special Anti-Robbery Squad.
Others are Sunkanmi Iyiola and Wole Iyiola. They
were said to be from the same mothers.
Meanwhile, different search parties have been
dispatched to other parts of the city to look for
other possibly missing bodies.
According to one of the relatives of two of the
deceased, Mrs. Bunmi Qudus, they were five in the
car when they were swept away by the raging
flood.
She added that they had been searching for them
since Sunday morning.
When they could not find them, they reported at
the police station.
"They left home around 10.30pm for a club. But,
after sometime, we could not have any contact with
any of them. We thought that they would show up
in the morning, but, we did not see them only to be
called some minutes ago that they have discovered
their bodies".
Many other relatives of those who are still missing
came one after the other to identify the bodies
recovered.
While some of them turned back saying it was not
their own, others would just scream uncontrollably
mentioning the name of the deceased.
Speaking with newsmen after the bodies had been
taken away in an ambulance, the Police Public
Relations Officer, DSP Olabisi Ilobanafor said three
bodies had been recovered out of the five missing
persons.
She said search parties had been sent to other
parts of the city for the other two persons.
She confirmed that two policemen who are on leave
were among the five persons being searched for.
We have recovered one of the policemen.