At least three persons have been killed after a downpour in Trademore Estate, Lugbe District, Abuja.
The Director-General of the FCT Emergency Management Agency, Mr Abbas Idris confirmed the incident on Monday morning.
Residents of the area, however, insist that there are more fatalities.
Several cars were also swept away by the flood following the downpour on Sunday night.
Trademore Estate has been in the news for flooding. Last year, one person died in the area after a downpour.
Meanwhile residents of the estate whose properties were destroyed have cried to government to come to their aid. The residents explained that it will be difficult to move on without government and other well meaning Nigerians’ assistant going by the mass destruction that the flood has inflicted on them.