Nigeria: Rain Wreaks Havoc in Abakaliki
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Vanguard (Lagos)
8 August 2008
Posted to the web 8 August 2008
Dennis Agbo
Abakaliki
Continued rain fall that started Wednesday night in Abakaliki has rendered over 18 Catholic Reverend Sisters homeless, while different properties of individuals and organizations were either submerged by flood and made entrance and exits very difficult.
The on-going multi-million Naira International Trade Centre was also affected as flood took over the compound of the gigantic edifice, overflowing into major portion of Ezza road.
Also, an entertainment centre, G-Spot, along Onwe Road, was completely taken over by the flood, culminating to huge destructions.
Different households were also affected by the rain that continued up till the early hours of yesterday.
At the Catholic Sisters' home at Convent Road, the torrential rain formed flood that made into their residence, destroying household valuables.
One of the Reverend Sisters, Maria Mba, narrated that they took the surging flood for granted. "We initially thought it was a joke until the water started entering our houses".
"Most of the things we have in our various rooms in the building started floating. It was more like what we watch on CNN and BBC where flood displaces people on daily basis," Sister Maria said.
According to Sister Mba, the painful aspect of the tragedy was that they lost important documents, like credentials and books which she said "you can't just get anyhow".
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The sisters were seen trying to rescue some of their properties with the assistance of men of the Federal Road Safety Commission, (FRSC) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps when newsmen visited the scene, while the ones that lost the entire valuables stood confused.
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