Over 110,000 people inwards 24 communities including Makurdi, the the world capital, accept been displaced yesteryear inundation inwards recent months, the Benue State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has said.
Following heavy rains which began on Sunday, August 27, to a greater extent than houses accept been affected yesteryear the inundation amongst over 3,000 houses submerged.
When Channels Television crew visited the Nyiman BIPC Housing Estate, victims said they are yet to larn whatever cast of assist from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).
Three days afterwards the Makurdi urban centre was caught upwards inwards floods, houses were seen to accept submerged upwards to lintel score spell over 100 vehicles were trapped inwards the inundation betwixt the Housing Estate in addition to Achusa districts of the the world capital.
Some residents pushed their cars to security along Doo Palace route inwards Achusa spell others were salvaging household items into waiting vans for possible relocation from the flood.
One of the affected residents at the Media Village, Mr George Okoh, told Channels Television that the torrential floods severely striking his home.
Okoh said, “At near 1.00 am (Wednesday), the rains came heavier in addition to when nosotros woke upwards this morning, our rooms were completely flooded.”
“In fact, if non for around neighbours who alerted us, nosotros would accept likely drowned inwards the room in addition to every bit yous tin see, the identify is deserted in addition to it is a major disaster.
“I accept evacuated my identify unit of measurement to a higher ground, they accept gone to the identify unit of measurement solid in addition to they volition endure in that location till nosotros notice a solution to the flood.”
At the BIPC Housing Estate, lady Kate Ijogi whose cars were submerged yesteryear inundation appealed to the regime to come upwards to her aid.
She said, “My solid is completely submerged, 2 of my cars are completely submerged, yous tin encounter 1 out hither in addition to the other 1 is within the compound.”
“There was nix I removed from my solid because the H2O had gone upwards to the window score when nosotros tried to escape. But I was able to rescue everybody inwards my house.
“I’m devastated in addition to confused in addition to I don’t know what to do. No assist is coming from anywhere, nosotros accept called NEMA in addition to every rescue means simply nobody has responded”.
On her part, a widow who also lives inwards the estate lamented the extent of harm the inundation had done to the belongings passed onto the identify unit of measurement yesteryear her belatedly husband.
She said, “Government should create something because the inundation is becoming likewise much for us. For individual similar me, a widow amongst 5 children, nosotros create non accept anywhere to stay”.
“Our properties are yet within because, yesteryear the fourth dimension they woke us up, nosotros were unable to evacuate them. For properties similar electronics, yous cannot preserve them”.