Students count losses as flood wreaks havoc in UI hostels

Students count losses as flood wreaks havoc in UI hostels

Flood has reportedly wrecked havoc in some of the hostels at the University of Ibadan (UI).

Newstrends gathered that the affected hall of residence is Awo Hostel where about 16 rooms in the underground floor were completely submerged with students’ properties floating on water.

Documents, books, foodstuff and other valuable properties of the students were said to have been destroyed.

One of the affected students, who pleaded anonymity said: “This is the third time everywhere is getting flooded but the first time our rooms are getting flooded like this.

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“Peoples’ foodstuff,, documents and properties, especially those that went to exam and are not around were destroyed. Someone even left her laptop on the floor charging and she went out.”

Videos showed some of the students who are around in the hostel struggled to save some of their properties, many of which could be seen floating on the water inside their rooms.