2024 Lekki flood

On 4 July 2024, heavy rainfall caused flooding in Lekki, a city in Lagos State, Nigeria.

[1] The flooding caused significant damage to residential areas in Ibeju-Lekki and other affected locations.

A naturally formed peninsula, bordering its west are Victoria Island and Ikoyi districts of Lagos, with the Atlantic Ocean to its south, Lagos Lagoon to the north, and Lekki Lagoon to its east; with the city's southeast, which ends around the western edge of Refuge Island, borders the eastern part of Ibeju-Lekki LGA.

[7] There was blockage of road for days as businesses and residents cleaned up from the floods and began repairing damaged buildings.

[8][9] During the visit of the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources in Lagos state Tokunbo Wahab, attributed the recurring flooding to the residents' habit of building to block System 156, he emphasized that the state would not fold its hand and allow some people for profit making sake to destroy public infrastructure provided by the public and government.