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No fewer than 15 bodies have been recovered from flooded River Ngadabul in Maiduguri.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n

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The North\u00a0 East Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA),<\/strong><\/a> Muhammad Usman,\u00a0 confirmed the development on Wednesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri.<\/p>\n

Usman said the cases of drowned people in the flooded river that affected many communities along it banks in Maiduguri have been on the increase.<\/p>\n

He urged parents and guardians to caution their wards and children against swimming in the river to avoid drowning.<\/p>\n

Usman, who said that the incidents of flooding in northeast have been alarming.<\/p>\n

\u201dNEMA as a disaster agency has been engaged in serious sensitization of the public on dangers of flooding and precautionary measures.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been having meetings with various stakeholders on sensitization and providing relief materials to affected communities,\u201d Usman said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Borno Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC),<\/strong> <\/a>had deployed its personnel along the river banks to chase away children trooping to the river to take a swim.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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