WARRI—IT was a continuation of anguish for flood victims in Delta State, weekend, as more communities went under water, while villagers took refuge in the bush to escape the fury of flood.
Among the communities were Asaba-Ase, Abari, Ekregbesi, Uzere communities of Ndokwa East, Patani and Isoko-South Council Areas of Delta State.
Narrating his ordeal, an octogenarian, Elder Frank Aketi said: “Every year, the flood starts at this time, but this year’s own came to everybody by surprise and it is embarrassing and you can see that the whole community is flooded since I was born I have never seen this type of flood. I am now a refugee in my own country.
LOSS OF ALL BELONGINGS
On her part, 80-year-old Mama Atatorezi from Ikpidhe-Irri community who sat dejected by a farmland said, “I am now like a bird that does not have a home, this flood is terrible, I lost my house and all my belongings, what am I living for.?”
Several hundred hungry and dejected looking displaced persons were seen stranded on Uzere/Ase road, as Vanguard boarded a boat to Asaba-Ase and Abari. Asaba-Ase, which is 12-kilometres from Uzere could hitherto be reached by road, but on this day, it was totally submerge and any visitor would have to board a boat at Uzere before getting to the community.
Abari community, maternal home of the Minister for Petroleum was a mini ocean when Vanguard arrived the scene.
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