Flood Destroys Houses, Millions of Properties in Anambra

Heavy downpour that occurred on early hours of Friday has submerged part of Nwakpadolu Estate, Agu-Awka area of Onitsha, Anambra. Properties worth millions of naira including houses, properties, electricity transformer and farms went under water, while the families hugely affected moved to their neighbors’ apartments.  Dr Eugene Alagbu, chairman of the Estate Residents’ Association said that it had been the plight of the people of the area every rainy season.

Alagbu, a Senior Lecturer at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, said the floods not only threatened the lives and properties of the residents but created stagnant water bodies which constituted a breeding ground for deadly insects, reptiles and fears that children might get drown when adults are away.

   

Another resident Mr Sam Ezeafurukwe, attributed the incessant flooding to the abandonment of a less than one kilometre road project leading to the area.