Flood: 50 Dead In Adamawa – ADSEMA

Many lives have been lost in communities affected by the flood in Adamawa state and lots more injured.

This ravaging flood has been caused by the release of water from Lagdo Dam in neighbouring Cameroon.

The Executive Secretary of Adamawa Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA), Malam Suleiman Mohammed, made the declaration on Friday in Yola when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

He also said that the flood destroyed 172,000 farmlands and food crops worth millions of naira.

“Some of the affected local government areas are Numan, Shelleng, Yola South, Yola North, Demsa, Mayo Belwa and Michika,’’ he said.

He added that the agency had provided clothes, foodstuffs, drugs, mosquito nets, blankets and buckets for victims to assuage their suffering.

“The items were donated by the state government, the Federal Government and by other donors,’’ he said.

Mohammed also told that ADSEMA would collaborate with the National Emergency Management Agency to move affected communities to safer areas.

“We will continue to sensitise the communities about the dangers of living in flood-prone areas,’’ he said.