Flood submerges houses, cars in Abuja Estate

The majority of the residents of the well-known Trademore Estate, which is located on Airport Road in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of Abuja, are stranded in their homes, and many of them have been forced to flee after a big flood swamped the estate on Friday morning following an extended period of severe rain.

Nearly every property in the estate was seen to be submerged, while vehicles and other buildings were also seen to be submerged in the flood. As of the time of this report, residents were stranded in their homes with no way to escape and find safety.

Some residents of the estate who were waiting outside for the rain to stop had to scramble to safety due to the surging flood, and some onlookers were seen attempting to rescue some trapped residents as the flood's waves continued to rise in the area where Christ Embassy Church is located.

Mrs. Agnes, one of the affected residents, lamented that they had not anticipated the flood in the estate this year because they believed that the Federal Capital Territory Authority (FCTA) had reduced the causes of the yearly flood incident. Mrs. Agnes was saved from the flood before her house was submerged.

“Today’s flood is surprising, and we least expected it. Now, people, mostly children are still trapped in the houses. Thank God, I and my family were able to leave our house before the flood took over every here. But, what will people trapped inside the estate do now?

“This flood is too much, all our houses are covered with flood. The government should please come to our rescue before lives are lost. With this kind of flood, only God can save the residents of the estate, because the rains have just started,” she said.

It might be recalled that Trademore Estate had previously been devastated by floods during rainy seasons, and the FCT Administration had been making unending pledges to lessen the flood, but the calamity kept happening every year despite all of their efforts.

Additionally, Dr. Abbas Idriss, the director general of the FCT Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), blamed Thursday's floods in some areas of the Territory on clogged manholes and warned against constructing on waterways or depositing trash in open manholes in the city.

He scowled at the practice of throwing trash into open manholes and urged everyone to pitch in to make sure that no one is killed by flooding during this rainy season as a result of a few unpatriotic individuals' actions.

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