MULTIPLE CASUALTIES AS FLOOD GROUNDS BUSINESS ACTIVITES IN LAGOS Due to the heavy and terrible downpour that occurred in Lagos on Sunday, business activities were grounded as many resident stayed back to battle the aftermath of the flood. While few commuters who attempt to operate were stranded at various bus stops across Lagos as flood submerged roads and rendered mobility impossible. In many areas, the drainage channels, canals and the roads were swallowed up by flood. However the flood has also thrown residents of the state in mourning as multiple casualties are continued to recorded across the state. In Aboru community of Agbado Oke Odo Local Council Development Area of the state about 10 dead bodies were recovered among several people who were said to have been drowned . In Ifako-Ijaye Local Government of the state, a 13-year old boy of a police officer, was buried alive this yesterday morning when the house where he resides with his parents collapsed. The building located at Unity Street near the canal, off Aina Ajobo Street close to Ifako-Ijaye Local Government Secretariat, collapsed as a result of the Sunday heavy rain. Another teenager is still said to be buried inside the debris of the collapsed building and local diggers were making efforts this morning to recover the body. While 15 other houses in the area collapsed yesterday, residents of affected areas were busy trying to salvage some of their belongings from the flood. As a result of the heavy rain, Governor Babatunde Fashola directed that all public schools in the state be shut as government assesses the impact of property damaged by the flood, saying that the state would not allow any child to be affected by the incident. The Governor who immediately embarked on tour of the areas worst hit by the flood had ordered occupants of houses hitherto marked for demolition to relocate immediately or be forced out by the government. Fashola who was visibly disturbed by the plight of his subjects blamed the excessive flooding of the blocked drains urging those whose houses are on the drains to bring them down on their own or be prepared to pay the government the cost of demolishing the buildings. Fashola overwhelmed by the problem said he would solicit for fund from the Federal government to tackle the problem of flooding and mitigate the sufferings of the displaced people.