It was a double tragedy for a 78-year-old Mrs. Bessie Obi and four other occupants of a mud house when the wind generated by the helicopter carrying Vice President Namadi Sambo pulled down the house while landing.
The incident took place at Buanchor, a rural community in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State, when the Vice President visited the area recently devastated by landslide from surrounding mountings, silting rivers and streams that led to widespread flood which rendered many homeless.
The septuagenarian was rescued by officers of Cross River State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, and their counterparts from National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, from the three room mud house, though some of the property of the occupants were destroyed.
The Vice President was unaware of the incident but the state Director–General of SEMA, Mr. Vincent Aquah, who assessed the damage, sympathized with the old woman and the other occupants of the house, promising that the incident would be addressed shortly.
Buanchor community, Katabang, Orimekpang and Boje in Boki Local Government Area, as well as some communities in Ikom Local Government Area, were heavily flooded on account of the landslide. Statistics from SEMA showed that 1,311 farms, two mills, one school, four bridges, nine culverts and 187 buildings were affected by the landslide and flood in Boki Local Government Area.
Posted: at 5-11-2012 08:04 AM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac
dogodajiabuja at 5-11-2012 08:37 AM (12 years ago) (m)
what is wrong with all these useless abokis riding in private jets and endangering people's lives bikonu! abokis!.......there is a big difference between carmels and helicopters!
Posted: at 5-11-2012 08:37 AM (12 years ago) | Upcoming
Eyaaa mama sorry ooo but he needs to compensate them especially d poor old woman,if that woman is his own mother I don't think he wil leave her to her fate like that,God is watching ooo
Posted: at 5-11-2012 08:58 AM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac
what is wrong with all these useless abokis riding in private jets and endangering people's lives bikonu! abokis!.......there is a big difference between carmels and helicopters!
that VP man think say na carmel he is riding on and went to land in the old woman duplex
Posted: at 5-11-2012 09:15 AM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Our leaders are not satisfied stealing our money, they have added open wickedness to their portfolio of wickedness. God save ur ppl. That old woman's case now is a close one becos they must hv 4gotten her before that day even runs out
Posted: at 5-11-2012 02:04 PM (12 years ago) | Hero
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