•Man attempts suicide as reptiles invade community
From EMMANUEL UZOR, Onitsha
Palpable grief enveloped Umudara village, Ihite, in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State after Mrs. Afugwobi and her daughter, Edith were drowned in the flooded community.
Daily Sun gathered that the incident happened Mrs. Afugwobi and her daughter, Edith, an SS3 student of First Foundation Secondary School, Ihiala went to harvest their cassava when the canoe they rode in capsized.
According to an eyewitness, as the deceased were returning home after harvesting some cassava they were able to salvage, their boat capsized and they were unable to swim to safety. Speaking on the incident, the Proprietor of First Foundation Secondary School, Ihiala, Mr. Nduka Onyemueze said the community especially those at the riverine areas had been completely submerged and neglected by both individuals and the state government.
Onyemueze further lamented that the devastating effects of the flood, which, he said, apart from resulting in the death of his student and her mother had also brought untold hardship to the community. “It pains us that the state and Federal Government and even individuals have forgotten everything about us. They forgot that Ihiala, especially the food producing villages comprising Umudara, Umuduru, Umuezeawala, Umuedike and Amaduru have been seriously submerged and no help has come from anywhere.
Apart from the recent devastation and injuries caused by this flood when it took the lives of mother and daughter who unfortunately was my student, we have been faced with challenges of confronting the invasion of water animals, like dangerous snakes and other reptiles” he said. He therefore called on government to come to their aid, adding “as the food basket of the entire council area and indeed the state in general, Ihite Ihiala and the villages that make up Ihite have a common boundary with Ogwaniocha in Ogbaru council area which made us more vulnerable than other communities” Onyemueze also lamented the possible outbreak of epidemic, stressing that their only source of drinking water has been polluted by the flood and urged good spirited individuals to assist in providing succour to the displaced persons in the community.
Also speaking, a community leader in the area, Mr. Akaolisa Basil narrated how a middle-aged man attempted suicide after losing all his farms to the flood and regretted that the condition of the people of Ihite Ihiala called for proper attention. “
As we are talking, we just saved a man who borrowed money from the bank to cultivate several hectares of land with yam but all of them have been swept away, he attempted to take his own life but for prompt intervention of his neigbours, he was saved and everything in our community have been completely destroyed” Akaolisa further called for assistance, insisting that the villages had lost everything including their farmlands which he said distinguished them from other villages in the state and pleaded for help to assist them regain their farmlands.
Meanwhile, a philanthropist and indigene of the area, Dr. Obinna Uzoh through a telephone interview regretted the death of the woman and her daughter and promised to return to the village to access the level of damage in the area and possible way of helping them. Dr. Uzoh further sympathized with the family of the deceased and the entire villages affected by the flood and urged them to remain resolute, on the ground that he would assist them regain their farmlands when the flood recedes. However, the Anambra state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ralph Uzoigwe said he was yet to be furnished with details of the death of the woman and her daughter. Ends
God, there is too much turmoil in our lands, please spare our people from suffering
OMG! SO THESE FLOOD GOT TO MY LOCAL GOVT? PLEASE MY ABLE GOV. COME TO THE AID OF THE AFFECTED PEOPLE, YOU HAVE BEEN DOING THAT BEFORE, MORE GREESE TO YOUR ELBOW. MAY THE SOULS OF THE MOTHER & DAUGHTER REST IN PERFECT PEACE IN JESUS NAME AMEN!
Amen
may their soul rest in peace. if my reasoning is right, i think that situations like these are part of the reasons why we have governments and corresponding agencies. these people need not wait any further for assistance to come.
i call on the relevant arms of our government to do their duty.
times like this also calls for a show of brotherly love and kindness
Oh what a pity! I appeal to the government to do something immediately to save lives. Poor mother and daughter! May the good Lord comfort those they left behind and the entire community in Jesus name. For others that lost their properties as a result of this natural disaster, take heart and hope in God to restore your fortunes.
please government and good people of Nigeria come to the aid of this people.they are our own people.
THE GOVERNMENT FAILED TO BE PROACTIVE NOW THE INNOCENT SUFFER, I HATE NIGERIA WITH ALL MY BONES
May the souls of the departed rest in peace in Jesus name Amen .
Na my LG..oh.God,have mercy save my villa,umueze
may the good lord repose the souls of the departed one,and grant the family,relations,relatives,friends,neighbours,sibillings and community left behind the fortitude to comprehend this great calamitous lose of human and enviromental resources,amen.
Please, govt should interven in this ugly condition to avoid further lost of lives. Pls gov Obi should wake up and do something.
May their souls RIP!! Neva kw that my local govt too was affected
Good God pls, grant them eternal rest. Amen. What a way to die!
God! what a painful exit, my sister Edith so dis is hw u live us nd entire Umudara may almighty God grant u and ur mother internal rest Amen. Pls our leaders do something over dis issue.