By Sarah NEGEDU
Residents of Trademore Estate, Lugbe, may have to brace up for the incessant flooding associated with the housing estate, as the heavy down pour experienced across the FCT on Monday morning, has left the estate completely flooded.
A video circulating on social media showed the level of devastation, as several houses were submerged in the flood with just the rooftops of some houses to show that existence of the once boisterous housing estate.
Residents of the estate could be heard at the background calling on the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, as well as the federal government to come to their aid.
Recall that in 2022 and 2023, the FCT Administration made several attempt to demolish part of the estate said to be on the water ways, however some members of the residents association dragged the FCT Administration to court to stop the demolition.
Meanwhile, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, had predicted thunder storm and heavy rainy weather conditions from Sunday to Tuesday across the country.
The agency, in its weather outlook released over the weekend in Abuja, forecast morning thunderstorms over the central states`in places like; Plateau, Nasarawa, the Federal Capital Territory, Benue and Niger states during the morning hours. Also later in the day, there are prospects of thunderstorms over parts of; Kogi, Niger, Plateau, Benue, Nasarawa and the Federal Capital Territory..
Consequently, the FCT Emergency Management Department, FEMD, on Monday morning said it has placed its vanguards and the local emergency management committees in the six area councils on alert following early warnings of possible flooding in the territory.
A statement by Head, Public Affairs FCT Emergency Department, Nkechi Isa, said the department has put in place mitigative measures around the city to prevent flooding any incident in the FCT.
Reaction to the early warning by NiMet, the Acting Director General of FEMD, Florence Wenegieme, said informed that the Search and Rescue Team are on alert, while local divers have been posted to vulnerable locations.
The Acting Director General appealed to residents to always use the 112 emergency toll free number in the event of an emergency.
