Nigeria, April 25 -- Residents of Omu and Ijelu Ekiti, two neighbouring communities in Oye Local Government Area of the Ekiti State, on Wednesday, counted their losses as rainstorm blew off rooftops and destroyed the walls of their houses.

As of the time of filing this report, hundreds of residents had been dislodged from their residences by the devastating effect of the rainstorm that wreaked havoc on some buildings in the two neighbouring communities.

Mostly affected were churches, educational institutions and residential buildings, including the palace of Elejelu of Ijelu Ekiti, Oba Isaac Ajayi Adetoyinbo.

While inspecting the level of wreckage done to the structures, Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji, represented by the Deputy G...