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<\/p>\nThe flood is alleged to have occurred following the release of water from Lagdo dam in Cameroon.<\/p>\n
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that hectares of farmlands with cash crops and property worth millions of naira were also destroyed.<\/p>\n
The communities affected are Anegbette, Udaba, Osomegbe, Ugochi, Ofukpo, Agbaburu, Uzanu and Ifeko.<\/p>\n
Some of the victims, who spoke with NAN, blamed the flood on the surge of River Niger.<\/p>\n
One of the victims, Mr Sunny Emokpa, expressed shock over the incident, saying that many communities were now flooded.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur farmlands have been destroyed, while houses have been submerged by water, thereby rendering us homeless.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur schools are now at the mercy of the flood as pupils have to manage to get to the class, while some are completely out of school as the water had gone beyond what the children can manage.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are appealing to the Federal and State Governments for help,\u2019\u2019 Emokpa said.<\/p>\n
Another victim, Mr Sunny Eshemoboh, told NAN that he lost his entire property to the flood.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe flood has wreaked havoc on our buildings; as you can see; our houses have been submerged by the flood.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are appealing to the relevant authorities to come to our aid,\u2019\u2019 Eshemoboh said.<\/p>\n
Mrs Rita Akinabor said that she lost all her farm produce to the flood.<\/p>\n
\u201cI invested N500,000 in cultivating my farm and I am now worried that just at about harvest time, most of my crops have been washed away by the flood,\u2019\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n
The Vice-Chairman of the Local Government, Mr Ambrose Akhigbe, said the council had commenced the clean-up of the Federal Government\u2019s resettlement camp for Internally Displaced Persons in Oghomere with the aim of relocating the flood victims to the area.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe council is doing all it can to relocate the victims after proper cleaning of the buildings to enable them feel at home.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have reached out to relevant agencies to provide relief materials to the camp for the affected victims,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n
NAN reports that in 2018, over 1, 000 houses were submerged and hundreds of people displaced by flood in the area.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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