Four Persons Allegedly Missing as Rain Destroys Property in Ilorin, Makurdi

Date: 22-08-2015 6:49 am (8 years ago) | Author: Bukola Bukky
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campaign so people living in flood prone areas would move out.

The confirmation by the commissioner that water released from Lagdo dam would soon get to Benue axis was an indication that the worst was yet to come.

From the roundabout at the railway crossing, Makurdi to Wurukum market and Judges quarters on Gboko road was completely taken over by the flood.
The personal residence of the Second Republic governor, Aper Aku, Benue State University (BSU), Living Faith and Dunamis churches, wurukum market, steam fast, were all submerged in water.

Shops and stalls were filled with water, which destroyed goods valued at millions of naira, just as the rain forced motorists to park their cars off the roads.

However, as at the time of compiling this this report, the flood had recede leaving in its wake destruction.

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