Residents of Owerri the Imo State
capital have been displaced following a heavy downpour that lasted over 12
hours, leaving the city flooded.
It was gathered that properties
worth millions of Naira have been damaged by the flood.
Areas massively affected are the
Federal Housing Estate at Chukwuma Nwoha road, old CBN quarters at Egbu road
and Federal Housing World Bank Estate.
Other areas like Uratta Toronto
junction, World Bank, Wethedral road, IMSU junction, Chukwuma Nwoha, Orji road
have equally been submerged by the flood.
Affected victims have called on
the state government to come to their aid.
Recall that Benue among other
states in the country has witnessed flooding in the past months. This follows
warnings from the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, of
catastrophic flooding in eight states along River Niger.
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