At least 50 people were killed and 71 others were injured by recent floods in 11 communities in Adamawa.
Malam Suleiman Mohammed, the executive secretary of the Adamawa Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA), revealed this on Friday in Yola while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
The flooding, according to him, was caused by water being released from the nearby Lagdo Dam in Cameroon.
Mohammed also said the flood destroyed 172,000 farmlands and food crops worth millions of naira.
“Some of the affected local government areas are Numan, Shelleng, Yola South, Yola North, Demsa, Mayo Belwa and Michika,’’ he said.
He added that the agency had provided clothes, foodstuffs, drugs, mosquito nets, blankets and buckets for victims to assuage their suffering.
“The items were donated by the state government, the Federal Government and other donors,’’ he said.
Mohammed also said that ADSEMA would collaborate with the National Emergency Management Agency to move affected communities to safer areas.
“We will continue sensitising the communities about the dangers of living in flood-prone areas,’’ he said.
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