Flood occasioned by a four-hour downpour killed no fewer than 8000 chickens at a poultry at Igiede Street, off Erediauwa Street, in the Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo on Wednesday morning.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the rain which started at about 6:00 a.m. on Wednesday, did not stop until about noon.
To save some money, the owner of the poultry resorted to selling the dead birds for N500 each.
Residents of the area who also protested the submerging of over 50 houses, rushed to purchase the dead birds.
Four elderly persons who almost got drowned inside their rooms, were rescued and rushed to a nearby hospital.
The protesting Erediauwa Street residents blocked the road and turned motorists back.
Erediauwa Street is a link road between Upper Sokponba and Sapele road in the Edo state capital.
The road has been in bad shape until its recent reconstruction, which the residents now attributed as the main reason for their woes.
NAN reports that other part of the state affected by the flood, included the Federal High Court and premises of the state headquarters of Independent National Electoral Commission both located at Ikpoba-hill as well as parts of the Government Reservation Area.
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