Over three thousand houses in Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo state were submerged by flood, following River-Niger flood due to the release of water from Lagdo dam in Cameroon.
It was also reported that hectares of farmlands with cash crops and property worth millions of naira were also destroyed. The communities affected are; Anegbette, Udaba, Osomegbe, Ugochi, Ofukpo, Agbaburu, Uzanu and Ifeko.
Some of the victims blamed the flood on the surge of River Niger. One of the victims, Sunny Emokpa expressed shock over the incident, saying that the entire communities were now flooded.
Another victim, Sunny Eshemoboh said he lost his entire property to the flood.
The Vice Chairman of the Local Government Ambrose Akhigbe,
said the council had commenced the clean-up of the Federal Government’s
resettlement camp for Internally Displaced Persons in Oghomere with the aim of
relocating the flood victims to the area.
