The Councillor representing Ward 8 of Udaba, Ofukpu, Agbavo and Osomhegbe in Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo State, Joseph Odemokpai, has disclosed that as floods continue to ravage and submerge communities along the River Niger, corpses are being washed away.
Odemokpai, who disclosed this in a chat with newsmen in Benin City,claimed that the corpses were washed away in Udaba community in the locality.
According to him, some people reportedly died in the locality due to the severe cold caused by the flood, just as he also added that the flood situation and water level are still high in the affected communities.
“The whole communities are ravaged by flood, and we are trying to move our people to the camp for safety.”
“The flood situation is the same also in Ward 9 and Ward 10, which include Anegbete, Udochi, Ogomere, and Ifekhu, Ofukpo, among other communities in all the affected local governments.
“In Udaba, some dead bodies have been washed away from the graves by the flood. Some people have even died due to the severe cold caused by the flood.
“Houses, farmlands such as cassava, rice, yam, and other crops were submerged; farm produce, livestock, and property were swept away by the ravaging flood,” he said.
