Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, on Thursday, confirmed that the state has recorded five deaths so far due to the flood ravaging the state.
Obi, who was in Makurdi, visited Daudu IDP camp and victims of the flood at a rice mill in Wadata, Makurdi.
The LP candidate said he suspended his campaign to go around the country, including Benue, to sympathise with the people.The Ijaw Women in America have also raised the alarm about the worsening living conditions of flood victims. It partly read, “We, the Ijaw Women of America Incorporated, bring to the world’s attention the recent flood across Nigeria that has left many lives and properties in a devastated state, particularly the Ijaw people in the Niger Delta region, yet no state of the Federal Government has declared a state of emergency over this troubling development.
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