When people say they live in Lekki, there’s always that air of deluxe lifestyle that comes with it. However, that pride of residence seems to be getting humbled these days as Lekki residents face this one enemy that comes every year.

The months of April into May are usually known for the first and heaviest rains in Lagos. However, when it rains in areas on Lagos Island, residents are faced with far more to deal with. As a result of proximity to the sea, the rains turn into floods when it gets to its peak.

Properties worth millions of Naira have been lost by Lagos Island residents just because of this flooding issue.

On September 8, 2018, Punch reported that some residents of Ibeju Lekki in Lagos on Saturday lamented their loss of valuables worth millions of Naira to flood caused by persistent rainfall, coupled with poor drainage facilities in the community.

Some of the residents, in interviews with News Agency of Nigeria, said the early morning downpour left several roads and homes in the area flooded.

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One Mr Luqman Balogun noted “We can neither go to the office nor stay at home comfortably now as many of our valuables are already destroyed by a flood. We have not been enjoying any infrastructure in this community, yet we pay our taxes and there is virtually no serious encouragement from government.”

Source: Guardian

In a report from The Guardian on May 31, 2019, the Lekki Estate Residents and Stakeholders Association (LERSA), called for the Federal Government and stakeholders to address regular flooding in the locality during the rainy season.

“The region has become one of the most populated areas of Lagos due to the influx of businesses, the ongoing refinery, new airport and deep sea ports, we need to be able to account for lives and property,” LERSA president, Olorogun James Emadoye, said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

People have now taken to Twitter to bring the flooding issue in Lekki to bare. Some, however, did it in quite a satirizing manner.

Here are some of the reactions.

@Ebuka, “The return of Lekki floods”

@VictorNewt, “Lekki people walking on water. Jesus will be proud.”

@CapricornKin, “Lekki residents, I have canoe for sale. Very affordable My customer is on your timeline.”

@rahman_jago_, “U fit sleep for lekki wake up for Victoria island….No fear, Na flood carry u no be thief”

@TheVolqx, “Lekki people ordering their boats already .”

Source: Channels

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