Maiduguri, Borno State – E be like say rain dey play wet and wild as heavy rainfall for early Wednesday morning don cause wahala for Maiduguri. Na so e be say at least eight buildings don collapse, and many residents don run scatter from their homes. E get as e take happen, and the story no sweet!
The rain wey start around 6:15 am no gree give people chance as e dey pour for three whole hours. Residents for Bulumkutu, Abuja, Moduganari, Ngomari, and other riverbank areas wake up to see their houses full of water – na wetin dem go call early morning surprise? (And no be the kind surprise wey anybody wan get o!)
One resident, Ahmodu Ibrahim wey dey live for Bulumkutu talk say water don invade his apartment by 8 am. He carry im family run, saying, “I dey notice water don dey come in after one hour of heavy rain. Na im I carry my wife and pikin dem waka enter safe place.” E get as dem dey hustle to survive this kind wahala na.
Also, Aisha Suraju wey get shop say every item wey she get for im shop don turn to wet market! “My provisions, especially the ones wey dey on the floor, don start to swim for water,” she lamented with serious face. Abeg na who go help Aisha recover her lost goods? (Maybe dem fit just drop am for dry land, na im go be wet market no more!)
The Borno State Police Command talk say dem don mobilize officers gidigba for rescue operation. ASP Nahum Daso, wey be their spokesperson, confirm the matter say eight buildings don collapse, but thank God sey nobody don wound or die. Na wetin we go call miracle, abi? E still dey shock dem and dem don station police officers for strategic locations to control any wahala wey fit happen next.
The Commissioner of Police, Naziru Abdulmaji, even commend the officers wey respond quick quick and don urge residents make dem calm down. E remind parents sey dem need to monitor their pikin very well because floodwater no be playground! (No be like the normal play wey dem dey play for street.)
As if na for movie, eyewitnesses don narrate how dem dey run for their lives as water dey come in like say e wan carry dem away. Fatima Garba wey get four pikin talk sey, “We dey sleep when water start to enter. E no take time before our floor begin dey shake. We just waka out quickly with our children.” E be like say na serious rush-hour situation!
The report say emergency teams from the Borno State Emergency Management Agency (BOSEMA) don waka come for the scene but no be small wahala as road dey blocked, and rain still dey fall. Local traders dey cry as dem dey count loss, while people wey dey stay for temporary shelters dey worry sey waterborne diseases fit start to show face soon, especially as dem dey pack like sardines for those camps now.
Health experts dey raise red flag sey if water no clear sharp, people fit catch cholera and typhoid, wey no be joke at all! E be like say local authorities need to wake up before dem go turn flood into another crisis wey we no wan see. Na for public advisory, Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) don warn sey rain go continue dey fall for northeast Nigeria, and dem dey advise everybody wey dey live for flood-prone areas make dem dey sharp and evacuate if e dey necessary.
The state government don promise sey dem go double their efforts to provide relief and look into long-term solutions to this flood wahala wey don turn the community upside down. How we go take manage this kind plenty gbege? No be small wahala oo!
