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Flood: Six drown in Kogi, 31,000 Yobe households displaced

Six people, including an infant, were killed by a flood that ravaged towns in the Ibaji Local Government Area of Kogi State.Infomation Guide Nigeria

Two of the victims were rescued by divers after a boat capsized while transporting inhabitants from the Gadumo region of Lokoja to Ganaja village.


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SP William Aya, the public relations officer for the Kogi State Police, verified the event to our correspondent on Wednesday.

In addition to the damage of farms in the council, Williams IkoOjo, chairman of the Ibaji Local Government Area, reported that four people, including a toddler, were slain.

He said, “As I’m speaking with you right now, there is no habitable land in Ibaji; everywhere has been submerged and people are devastated.

Ajofe Egwemi, Ejeh of Ibaji and Chairman of the Ibaji Traditional Council, urged the Federal Government to build dams as a long-term solution to the flooding problem and to complete the dredging of the River Niger.

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The state’s Commissioner for Information and Communication Strategy, Kingsley Fanwo, stated that the state government was “working tirelessly to address the problems the people are facing as a result of the devastating flood.”Jamb Result 

In a related event, the Yobe State Emergency Management Agency said on Wednesday that as of October 2, more than 31,000 homes have been impacted by flooding in 255 localities across the state’s 17 LGAs.

The Executive Secretary of SEMA, Dr. Mohammed Goje, stated that 75 deaths had been documented as a direct result of windstorms and floods, with many more lives in danger in ten council districts since May.

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Goje was quoted by the News Agency of Nigeria as claiming that 6,592 individuals have been relocated within the impacted communities.

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