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A middle-aged man identified as John was swept away by rain in Umuahia on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n
The incident happened at about 7:20 pm in the Uzuakoli Road area of Umuahia during torrential rain in the Abia State capital.<\/p>\n
The victim, who until his death was a commercial tricycle operator popularly known as Keke NAPEP, was swept into a deep gutter by the raging flood as he was trying to step into his residence after the closure of his transport business.<\/p>\n
It was learnt that gushing waters covered the surface of the gutters in front of the victim\u2019s residence, making it hard for him to know where to step.<\/p>\n
Realising what had happened, family members and neighbours of the victim quickly launched a rescue party for him, searching every gutter in the neighbourhood.<\/p>\n
The search, according to a resident of Uzuakoli Road, did not yield any results.<\/p>\n
But on Monday morning, the victim\u2019s lifeless body was found floating in the flood near Olokoro community in Umuahia South LGA.<\/p>\n
Some residents of the Uzuakoli road who spoke about the incident described it as unfortunate, saying that the victim was a friendly and resourceful man.<\/p>\n
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer of Abia State Police Command, ASP Maureen Chioma Chinaka, said \u201cNobody has reported such a matter to us yet.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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