Flood sweeps away 30 Persons in Abuja
No fewer than 30 persons were reportedly swept away by flood in the Gwagwalada area of the Federal capital territory on Saturday.
Nigerian Cable news online also gathered that the Abuja-Lokoja highway was rendered unpassable after an overnight downpour in the Nation’s capacity city.
Five members of a family were also swept away by a flood at Giri Quarters.
The Director-General, FCT Emergency Management Agency, Abbas Idriss, confirmed the incident, stating that a body had been recovered while the search for the others was ongoing.
He said:
“There was a family of five at Giri Quarters that were swept away by a flood and we have recovered the body of a family member; we are still searching for the remaining four. There was no flood at Lokogoma, though it rained heavily. We are opening channels and drainage in Lokogoma, so the water has free access now.”
Idriss also disclosed that other parts of the FCT, including Kuje and Gwagwalada, also recorded flooding during an overnight downpour on Saturday.
He, however, said he was not aware of any casualty in the Gwagwalada incident.
The FEMA boss added, “I’m aware there was a flood in many places in FCT, including Gwagwalada, Giri Quarters, part of Kuje and a building collapse there. I’m only aware of the casualty in Giri, I don’t have any information on an alleged casualty in Gwagwalada.”
Many motorists were reportedly trapped as the road and buildings in the area were submerged.
The bridge over the Gwagwalada river just before the Wazobia motor parks was also said to have been flooded.
There was heavy flood in lokogoma
There was serious flood in lokogoma too. Motorist were stranded because of overflow on bridges,residents were forced out of their house because of flood. Please we need government intervention as developer has done their parts.