About four residents of the Nigeria's Capital Territory FCT, Abuja, have reportedly lost their lives as floods ravaged Trademore Estate and others. Although the Director General, Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Emergency Management Agency, Dr Abbas Idriss, denied that any life was lost, the agency said that more than 26 vehicles were swept away in the flooding.
June 24, 2023About four residents of the Nigeria's Capital Territory FCT, Abuja, have reportedly lost their lives as floods ravaged Trademore Estate and others.
The FEMA further disclosed that about 166 houses were affected in Trademoore Estate, while a tarred road was completely washed off after an early morning rain flooded the Trademore Estate along Airport Road in Abuja. FEMA's Head, Public Affairs, Nkechi Isa, who spoke to journalists in Abuja, quoted her boss as saying that the Trademore estate was prone to flooding.
SaharaReporters had reported earlier that the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, NIHSA, had predicted heavy flooding in the FCT and some other states across the country, and warned those living along those areas to relocates to a safer places.
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