Man Paddles Canoe Through Flooded Victoria Island Road (Video)
By Oladipupo Mojeed
A video has surfaced on social media filming a white man paddling canoe through the flooded area of Lagos Island opposite Silverbird Cinemas.
Persistent rains has made the Island part of Lagos to be water logged in recent days.
The 30 seconds video posted by a Twitter user @FKAbudu showed the man paddling the canoe through the front of popular Silverbird Cinema.
Other residents of Lagos Island conformed the flooding with comments on social media.
My house right now at Lekki Phase1. @AkinwunmiAmbode #PleaseClearOurCanals #Lagos #lagosflooding 8/7/2017 @BBCAfrica @BBCWorld predicted it pic.twitter.com/OoQS9GjNam
— Amechi Isiekwena (@Mr_Amechi) July 8, 2017
Another tweet showed a man swimming in the flood on the road.
Watch the videos below:
How can someone send me this video of a guy in a canoe in front of Silverbird? ?? pic.twitter.com/M7kgMEZzOQ
— FK. (@fkabudu) July 8, 2017
When life gives you Lekki flood, make a swimming pool. ???
Practically the entire Lagos [Island] is flooded today @akinwunmiambode pic.twitter.com/OnzsqBDN6n— Y! Online (@YNaija) July 8, 2017
Let us take a moment to pray for our friends in Lekki, IV , Ajah and, Lagos state in general for this flood. pic.twitter.com/DZLrQBrDMJ
— Josiah Amaga (@JosiahAmaga) July 8, 2017
