Kogi floods: Lokoja-Abuja highway still impassable.

September 26, 2012 3 Comments

Gridlock still pervaded the Lokoja-Abuja highway yesterday as the floods, which took over the road and several communities in Kogi State have not receded. It was observed that while some motoristsheeded the warning of the FRSC not to ply the Abuja highway, others continued to troop into the road, thereby causing more complications.
Ibaji Local Government Area where some oil wells were recently discovered has completely been submerged by the ravaging floods, the state Governor, Idris Wada said. The local government area, comprising over 100 towns and villages had been rendered desolateas residents had fled to neighbouring Idah town to take refuge.
The governor who said he could notgain access to the area said hundreds of houses worth millions of naira as well as farmlands and livestock had been swept away.