Sad! 4 bankers drown in Onitsha flood

Four bankers were feared drowned following a heavy down pour that wrecked havoc in Onitsha, Anambra state and its environs.

The deceased, said to be staff of one of the commercial banks located along Obodoukwu road, Ogbaru local government area, were said to be on their way home when the incident happened.

The Nation gathered that the deceased had boarded one of their official vehicles, having resolved to defy the rain which lasted till after close or work.


The driver of the vehicle, said to be the bank’s accountant, struggled to beat the flood that had covered the entire road, but could not as the vehicle suddenly plunged into the drainage channeled to the River Niger.

A trader along Obodoukwu road, who simply identified himself as Okechukwu, said all the occupants of the car got drowned in the drainage as the vehicle was completely covered in the flood.