Three persons, including a pastor died, while over 50 houses were destroyed as rainfall wreaked havoc in Igarra, headquarters of Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State, on Sunday.
Among the victims of the rainfall, which stated at about 11.00 a.m, were a girl and a pastor, who were said to be travelling to Igarra from Auchi in a commercial vehicle when their vehicle broke down in Egbigere, about five minutes drive to their destination
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They were said to be pushing their vehicle before the flood, occasioned by the rain, swept them off the road into a nearby river, where the two of them died.
Their corpses were said to have been discovered on Monday morning.
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