The ravaging flood
which started last
month has partitioned
oil-rich South-South
geo-political zone into
three parts and
turned the East-West
Road, the only
highway linking the six
states of the region,
into a river.

As at yesterday, Edo
and Delta states were
on one side, having
been cut off from
Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa
Ibom and Cross River
states. Bayelsa is
isolated, as people
could not access the
state from neighboring
Rivers State.
Rivers, Cross River
and Akwa Ibom states
are the only three
states in the South-
South where people
could pass through via
the East-West Road.
Reporters who went
on a tour of the East-
West Road,
yesterday, discovered
that flood had cut off
the road at Uwheru in
Ughelli North Local
Government Area,
Delta State. They had
to board a boat to
get to Patani, the
boundary town
between Delta and
Bayelsa states.
At Patani, the
reporters took
another boat to cross
over to Bayelsa State,
but could not get to
Rivers State, as the
road had been
severed between
Mbiama and Ahoada. East-West Road no
longer passable It was gathered that
to get to Rivers
State, transporters
and other motorists
from Edo, Delta and
Bayelsa states have
to pass through the
South-East states of
Anambra, Abia and
Imo, as East-West
Road is no longer
passable.
Delta State portion of
the East-West Road
appears to be the
worst hit with boat
drivers and
motorcyclists making
brisk business, while
some youths have
built makeshift
wooden bridges and
collect toll of N100
from pedestrians
before passage.
At Uwheru, our
reporters joined other
travelers to cross the
“River Jordan”
created by flood on
the East-West Road
before boarding a
boat to Ohoror, also in
Ughelli North Local
Government Area.
From Ohoror, they
took another boat
across Umeh
community to Aven,
near Patani, from
where motorcyclists
took them to Patani
town. http://www.nigerianeye.com/2012/10/flood-divides-south-south-geo-political.html?m=1