Flood Kills 100 People Across 4 States In Nigeria

Nigeria Floods Kill 100 People Across 4 States

At Least 100 People Have Died in Flood 

Torrential rains have unleashed floods in different parts of Nigeria over the past few days, killing at least 100 people and damaging thousands of homes, according to their officials.

A national disaster was declared in four states - Kogi, Niger, Anambra and Delta state over the flooding, meaning that the Federal Government had taken over the search, on how to save, rescue and rehabilitation those affected by the floods in the country.

"Based on the data available, 100 people have so far died in 10 states," Sani Datti, spokesperson for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) made this statement on Monday after the officials from the agency took analysis from the Four affected states.

Delta state is an oil-producing state in the Niger Delta region, home to Africa's biggest energy industry, where the Niger river fans out before emptying itself into the Atlantic.
There has been no reported impact on crude oil production.

Kogi and Niger are in central Nigeria whereas the other two are in the southern part of the country.

In Lokoja, the state capital of Kogi, floods partially submerged several houses.

The city lies at the confluence of the Benue and the Niger, Africa's third-longest river, making it particularly vulnerable to high waters.

When a victim of the flood was interviewed he gave this info.

He Said:
"The water started coming this month and after a while, it appeared behind our houses and continued without let-up until last week when the water surrounded our houses," Angulu Atodo, a retiree in Lokoja, told Reuters news agency.

"I didn't have anywhere to go to as the waters were too much. 
They carried us off to a place far away and we have been there without any food or water, we haven't seen anything to eat as we just keep living without food."