VIDEO: Many Die As Flood Ravages Suleja In Niger State

Many people have died and others missing when flood ravaged Suleja, Niger State on Sunday July 9th.

Over 100 houses were badly affected while property including vehicles worth millions of naira were destroyed by the flood.

Eyewitnesses told the News Agency of Nigeria that eight members of a household were suspected to have died in the flood which affected Suleja and Tafa Local Government areas of Niger State.

The head of the household was said to have survived but his two wives and six children were not lucky.

The NAN reported that many families were affected with household effects floating on the water.

Many people struggled to scoop water out of their houses.

The District Police Officer in-charge of Division ‘A’ Police station in Suleja, Mr. Mohammed Mohammed, could not confirm the casualty figure but said his men had visited the flood scenes.

“The flood affected many people who built their houses along the river bank; many houses have been destroyed with unconfirmed number of deaths recorded.

“Police are providing security around the scene so that hoodlums will not cart away victims’ property especially those lying outside,” he said.

A Search and Rescue Officer of NEMA, Egrigba Micheal,, who spoke to journalists, said that the agency rescued a victim and rushed him to the Suleja General Hospital.

He said, “We got a call from our zonal coordinator, Mohammed Idris that there was a flood in Suleja. So we quickly moved to Suleja. We have seen a lot of devastation the rain has caused. Many of the houses were submerged while some were completely rooted out. Many properties worth millions of naira were also destroyed.

“There was one house that had eight people completely dead although we didn’t see their corpses."

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