Residents of Oversea neighbourhood in Nasarawa local government area of Nasarawa state woke up midnight Wednesday to the sound of falling fences and houses. Blueprint reporter, Uji Abdullahi Iliyasu, was among those affected.
The River Nasarawa usually overflows its bank in the rainy season peaking in September. But the residents who had been living on the fringes of the bank said they had never seen the water reaching the level it had reached Wednesday morning.
A neighbour who is simply referred to as Baban Salaha said he had been living near the Nasarawa river for up to 45 years, but was had seen anything like that.
“I have been living near the river for more than 45 years but we had never seen the magnitude of today’s flood.
“About 45 years ago, the river bank was as slim as a foothpath, but now it is as wide as express road with four lanes. I am appealing to the government to help us,” he said.
Because the water came in the night, the victims lost many household effects and valuable properties in the flood.
In May this year, the same river caused a lot of damage to the buildings of residents who were taken unexpected by the flood.
