No fewer than 13 families in Shuwa District of Madagali local government area of Adamawa, have been displaced by flood, the sole administrator of the development area, Alhaji Suleiman Duhu, has said.
Duhu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that several hectares of farmlands had also been destroyed by floods in Mayo-Wandi and Kirchinga villages, following a heavy down pour last Thursday.
He said that the rain which lasted for about six hours caused the Kwasagama River to overflow its banks, and submerged houses, as well as farmlands.
Duhu said that the flood destroyed cereal plantations and washed away part of the Shuwa-Kwirchinga-Tzuyal access road, but said that most of the displaced families now reside with their relatives in the area.
He also said that the development area would monitor the villages, to ascertain the extent of damages and how to support victims, and called on the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the state government to come to the aid of the victims.
one of the displaced persons, Mallam Isa Maidawa, told NAN that he lost his house and other belongings to the flood.
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