Over 500 Houses  were destroyed  by rainstorm in Ise- Ekiti and Orun- Ekiti after a heavy downpour in the two communities on Thursday.

Amongst the buildings affected  are Ansar-ul-Deen Central Mosque ,Ise- Ekiti and Saint Stephen's Primary School  as well as part of the Palace of the traditional  ruler of Orun-Ekiti ,Oba Zaccheus Adewumi.. 

Many residents were rendered homeless in the communities as  Shops ,Bakery ,Viewing Centre as well as residential  buildings  roofing were completely blown off by the storm. 

Daily Independent  gathered from the ,locals that the heavy downpour which  lasted for about one hour was accompanied by devastating whirlwind  which blown off roof tops and also  destroyed some farmlands .

The Chairman, Ise -Orun Local Governments, Hon Ayo Akinluyi who led the  Chairman, Ekiti State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) ,Captain Sunday Adebomi and officials of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)   on the  spot assessment  of the affected areas described the damage as massive. The NEMA team was led by the Director of Operations, Mr Abdulkadir Olanrewaju 

Expressing sadness over incident, the Arinjale of Ise-Ekiti, Oba Ayodele Ajayi  lamented that he had never witnessed  such magnitude of disaster since he ascended the throne of his forefathers. 

Oba Ajayi therefore enjoined the disaster management  officials to assist the two communities  by presenting their case to the appropriate authorities. 

The monarch also promised to seek assistance from some  well to do  sons and daughters of the town in providing temporary supports for the victims. 

"I am saddened by the level of carnage in the two communities. In fact  I want to tell you that I have never witness such in my life .I had to personally go round to see the extent of damage. Though, we thanked God Almighty  that there was no casualty in spite of huge damage except that the victims would be subjected to another round of social pressure."

In his remarks, Captain Adebomi who incidentally is from Ise-Ekiti disclosed that he was inundated with barrage of distress calls from the affected households. 

Adebomi, a retired United State Army officer, who sympathised with the monarchs and the people of the  two  communities also promised to every thing within his powers to get them assistance from government. 

The SEMA boss urged the victims to come forward with proper documentation of affected properties inorder to secure Relief Materials from government. 

Adebomi also urged the victims to liaise with the council officials as well as their elected representatives for prompt documentation. 

However, Hon Akinluyi  disclosedt that  the extent of damage was beyond the council's  capacity  to bear. He also explained that part of the steps taken so far was to assist to victims to relocate their family houses. 

Also speaking , Elder ‘Tunji Falana who is the  Chairman Ise Development Council described the incident as very unfortunate.

Elder ‘Tunji Falana appealed to Federal, State,and Local governments to come to the assistance by carrying  out  immediately assessment of the damages done  in the town and Villages without delay and provide  relief  materials in cash and kind.