18 Years Old Girl in Delta Community Swept Away by Flood
18 Years Old Girl in Delta Community Swept Away by Flood
The community
According Daily Sun reports,
Igbide Community in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State has thrown
into mourning following the discovery of the lifeless body of an 18-year girl
identified as Oghenekioja Okporie in flood water.
The deceased SSS Two student of
Igbide Community Crammer School was said to have boarded a boat on her way from
the farm but boat capsized and she could not swim her way to safety.
She accompanied her mother to the
family cassava farm which had been overran by surging flood water on the
fateful day.
Distraught father of the
deceased, Saviour Okporie who fought back tears to speak, said “after the day’s
work, they were on their way back in the evening when the boat they boarded
capsized.
“She could not swim due to high
current of the flood and it was after three days her corpse was discovered by
search party and she has since been buried.”
On his part, Secretary General of
the community, Mr. Joseph Oghenevo lamented that “lives and properties have
been lost to the flood already.
“The entire Owodokpokpo-Igbide,
Urovo-Igbide, and Oteri-Igbide communities have been submerged and as I am
speaking with you now, Igbide community can only be accessed with boat.”
Oghenevo claimed that over 20,000
people in the community had been displaced from their homes by the ravaging
flood
“The suffering and pains
inflicted on Igbide community by the flood is overwhelming and if help is not
provided by the government, it could graduate to a major disaster,” the
community scribe stated.
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