Rainstorm resulting in flood has destroyed over 100 houses and displaced 300 persons in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa-Ibom State.
The flood displaced residents of Eket in Edem Udo, Grace Bill, Marina Junction, Udoh Umoh, Stadium road, Ikot Udoma, Idua road among other adjoining streets in the area as a result of persistent rainfall and bad drainage.
A resident of Edem Udom in Eket, Ubong Mark, while recounting his ordeal, said he has been suffering from effects of flooding in the area for the past eight years.
Also Paul Essien, a resident at Grace Bill cried for help as the flood took over houses in the area. He added that some residents of the affected area had taken refuge in areas where the flood did not penetrate.
Essien, also pleaded with the state government to construct drainages to save residents from the perennial annual flood.
