A family of four got drowned yesterday while on their way to a
refugee camp at Iggah, Enugu State, after their house at Odeke community
in Kogi State was submerged in flood.
This came on a day chairman of Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of
Enugu State, Mr. Cornel Onwubuya, presented relief materials worth about
N5 million to Kogi State flood victims who fled their state and are
currently camping in communities within Enugu State.
Sources said the victims, including a man, his wife and two
children, were sailing in a wooden canoe when the goats they were
taking along in the boat began to disturb the movement of the boat and
in an attempt to calm the goats down, the boat capsized and all the
occupants drowned in the flood.
It was also learnt yesterday that a woman delivered a baby in a boat
while fleeing the flood at Ibaji community, while another gave birth at
Iggah refugee camp shortly after arriving the camp.
The nursing mothers are said to be in dire of need of medical
attention which is lacking in the area just as the aid agencies which
could have provided such assistance are yet to arrive at the camps.
The materials donated to the refugees at the three camps yesterday by
the local government included 100 bags of rice,4 bags of beans, drugs,
500 mosquito treated nets, 100 bags of toilet rolls , 20 gallons of 25
kg groundnut oil, 75 torch-lights with batteries, cartoons of
disinfectants, bags of onions , cartons of maggi cubes, 30 bags of salt,
cartons of bathing and washing soaps, mats and blankets, trailer load
of sachet water, bottled water, among other essential, items.
Onwubuya, while making the donation, appealed to the federal
government to also come to the aid of the victims, adding that the local
government council was in touch with the Kogi State government and its
Enugu State counterpart in respect of the plight of the victims.
The Vanguard
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