Abuja: a boat full of passengers fleeing a flood in the southeast Nigeria Emergency officials said on Monday that 76 people were missing and are feared to be missing for several days.
Several women and children were among those trying to escape from flood waters in the Ogbaru Council area of Anambra, Nigeria on Friday. National Emergency Management Agency Told.
“Seventy-five of them packed into a single boat and the weight overwhelms the boat,” said Godwin Thickeman, regional chief of the emergency management agency. He said the boat could not move freely as it collided with submerged trees and roofs of houses. “It overturned and only nine survived. The remaining 76 are yet to be traced,” he said.
Nigeria going through its worst phase Floods Over a decade the release of excess water from the Lagado dam in neighboring Cameroon and abnormal rainfall were mainly to blame. More than 300 people have died due to floods this year.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has urged rescue officials to do everything possible for the missing passengers. Rescue officials, however, have not found any additional survivors in the past two days, suggesting that many of the missing have little chance of survival.
Several women and children were among those trying to escape from flood waters in the Ogbaru Council area of Anambra, Nigeria on Friday. National Emergency Management Agency Told.
“Seventy-five of them packed into a single boat and the weight overwhelms the boat,” said Godwin Thickeman, regional chief of the emergency management agency. He said the boat could not move freely as it collided with submerged trees and roofs of houses. “It overturned and only nine survived. The remaining 76 are yet to be traced,” he said.
Nigeria going through its worst phase Floods Over a decade the release of excess water from the Lagado dam in neighboring Cameroon and abnormal rainfall were mainly to blame. More than 300 people have died due to floods this year.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has urged rescue officials to do everything possible for the missing passengers. Rescue officials, however, have not found any additional survivors in the past two days, suggesting that many of the missing have little chance of survival.