The flood has so far displaced
over 50, 000 people in some
states in the north, middle belt
and parts of Delta regions. Dr
Alban's country home in Oguta,
Imo State and President
Jonathan's country home in
Otuoke community, Bayelsa
State have bowed to the flood.
More than half of the
communities in these areas
have been swallowed by flood.
Victims of this flood have been
subjected to incredible hardship
that most of us who live in states
not affected will never begin to
understand. Many deaths have
been recorded. There have
been rape cases, suicides and
people missing.
This flood is not particularly a
natural disaster, it's more like
man made. The flood started
early September when
Cameroun released water from
it's Lagdo dam - the dam
supplies electricity to the
northern part of Cameroun.
Unfortunately water released
from the dam is naturally
unable to find its path within
Cameroun to the Atlantic ocean,
so it flows directly into River
Benue, and because River
Benue is steep, all the states
around it is flooded by the water
from the dam.
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