Residents lose million of naira property
From OKEY SAMPSON, Aba
Following days of torrential rain, coupled with
bad roads and lack of drains, flood has
ravaged some areas in the city of Aba
resulting, in the destruction of goods and
property worth several millions of naira. The
most affected areas are Ngwa Road axis
including East Street, Ehi/Cameroon Roads by
Eziukwu, Azuka Extension in Ogbor Hill, Ukwu
Mango and some parts of Ariaria market,
among others.
The flood, which depth was put at over four
feets in some areas, caused serious damage to
household property and goods parked in
warehouses and shops. A driver with one of
the orthodox churches in the city said the
flood destroyed virtually all the household
property he had laboured over the years to
acquire.
“I went to work on Monday and by the time it
started raining by midday; I knew I was in for
trouble because of poor network of roads in
the area where I am living coupled with lack of
drainage system. “My fears became real as I
approached my house, I saw my pots of soup
floating on the flood water and when I
managed to get inside my room, my bed and
other household property were floating as
well.”
Second hand cloth wholesale dealers along
Nkodi Road/ East Street were also counting
their losses after the rains as their shops were
flooded and goods worth millions of naira
damaged. Similar fate befell drug traders at
Ariaria market who, like their counterparts at
Nkodi Road/East Street, used machines to
pump out water from their shops to salvage
some of their goods.

Following days of torrential rain, coupled with
bad roads and lack of drains, flood has
ravaged some areas in the city of Aba
resulting, in the destruction of goods and
property worth several millions of naira.

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