Flood Victims Sends SOS To Gov. Yahaya Bello

By Ola Simon, LOKOJA/Residents of Aliu Atta Road in lokoja metropolis  have been counting  their  losses following the heavy downpour  at the early hours of Tuesday  the eighteenth  of this month.

Speaking with  newsmen  in Lokoja, a resident  of the area who is also the General  Manager  of Musbau and sons Motors Enterprises, Engineer  Moshood Obanoso said  the rain which resulted to flood has destroyed  properties  worth ten  million  Naira.

Mr Obanoso said he established  his workshop  in the area since ten years ago noted that people  in the area  gave never  witnessed  such incidence.

Recounting his loss,  the automobile  engineer  explained  that he is in charge of over thirty apprehentiship enlisted in the N POWER program  stressing that most of the equipment  given to them by the Federal  Government have been affected by the  flood.

He attributed the disaster  to the construction  of a sport viewing  centre opposite Ava Hotel emphasising  that proper drainages were not constructed for the flow of the water.

The Flood Victims appealed to the  State Town Planning  Boardroom visit the area and educate the resident on how best to address the challenges.

Similarly, Mr Jimmy who also reside  in the area appealed to government  to come to their aid adding that the water  channel gas been  blocked leading  to the overflow  of the water.