Flood renders thousands homeless in Adamawa

The Adamawa state emergency management agency says no fewer than 2,000 people have been affected by flood within a week across the state.

The executive secretary of the agency Dr. Mohamed Sulaiman told newsmen on Wednesday, in Yola that 227 houses and 300 farmlands were also destroyed by the flood.

Sulaiman explained that 850 of the victims and 161 houses were in Duhu district of Madagali local government area.

He added that between August 11 and August 12, more than 150 farmlands and about 66 houses were also destroyed by flood in Lababiri village, Shelleng local government area.

The executive secretary assured that the agency and other sister organisations were working to offer assistance to the affected communities.