The Director-General of the Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Barkindo Mohammed, has said the situation in flooded Maiduguri town is “terrible” as President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday expressed concerns over the disaster and directed Vice President Kashim Shettima to visit the beleaguered city.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that water from Alau Dam, which collapsed early Tuesday morning, submerged many areas in the town with thousands of displaced residents left scouting for safer places.
The recent heavy downpour recorded across the state has also led to serious flooding in Biu, Chibok, Konduga, Bama, Dikwa and Jere LGAs.
Mr Mohammed said the agency was conducting rescue operations and distributing sandbags in Maiduguri.
“Just now, we went for a rescue and proceeded to distribute sandbags in Gozari. As I am talking to you now I am trapped; we came to rescue some people and we are now trapped with my staff,’’ he said in Maiduguri on Tuesday.
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