Photos: Shocking Details Of Mudslide Tragedy In Magodo

The tragic incident which occurred on Saturday, November 7, at the Otun Araromi Orise community in Magodo area of Lagos state, lingers fresh in the minds of the residents, as they still mourn four sons who were killed in mudslide incident.
The four sons who died in the mudslide incident, were sleeping in the room pictured, when the deluge covered them up.

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Naij.com visited the community to verified certain speculation that has been filtered over the media within the last couple of days.
Below are exclusive photos that tell in detail what the community setting looks like, and why certain structures pose future threats to the lives of the residents within Orise community.
Most of the photos show traces of eroded portions of earth that hint of the challenges faced by some landowners with the community.
 

The much that washed off from this cliff was responsible for the deaths at Orise on Saturday, November 7.

Some people indiscriminately built their houses on the steep hills, thereby posing a threat to themselves and some other residents whose houses are built just at the foot of the hills.

The Lagos state government has warned that buildings which are not well situated within the community will be demolished.

In set, is the compound that was affected by the mudslide which left four sons of one family dead.

Naij.com gathered that some residents who built their houses on the steep hills within the Otun Araromi Orise community, make channels for water to flow down the hills, thereby causing an erosion of debris that trouble the occupants of houses at the foot of the hills.

The Lagos state government has marked certain houses for demolition, arguing that they stand a chance of being affected by another mudslide.

Certain people who have houses built on the hills with the community, endeavoured to make a solid cast, as to shield the residents at the hill’s foot, from a surge of mud.

Residents say that the Otun Araromi Community has been in existence for over 30-years.

Scene from the mudslide which killed four people within Orise community on Saturday, November 7

Pipes channeled by houseowners whose building are upon the hills, as outlet for unwanted water. This residents say is the cause of the erosion that is plaguing them at the moment.

Debris from constant erosion within the community.

Many of the houses on the hill have been marked for demolition, as many of them pose an imminent threat to residents of the Orise community.

It would be recalled that four siblings: Sylva Odiah, Sayo Odiah, Clinton Odiah and Endurance Odiah, were killed in a mudslide incident which took place in Magodo on Saturday, November 7.
The Lagos state government has started reviewing the papers of the houses built within the area, some houses have been marked for demolition, as they are vulnerable to a repeat of the tragic incident.