Flooding, stated to have been brought on by laying of pipeline by oil firms, has brought about main devastation in Obiakpu neighborhood in Ohaji/Egbema Native Governments Arwa of Imo State.
South-East PUNCH gathered from dependable sources that money crops and aquatic livestock price about N3 billion had been destroyed by the flood.
South-East PUNCH correspondent gathered that Sterling World Oil Firm at present laying oil pipe within the space broke a river financial institution in neighboring Egbema, thereby inflicting the river to overflow its banks, washing away farmlands within the space.
A vegetable farmer within the affected space, Mrs. Agnes Ikwuegbu, stated that the flood had submerged her farmland, the place she stated she planted vegetable.
She stated, “The flood within the month of March is shocking to me, as a result of since I began farming on this farmland, I’ve by no means skilled such earlier than. So, once I noticed this final week Thursday, I used to be shocked.”
The farmer described the flooding as an uncommon incidence, simply as she added she later came upon that Sterling World Oil Firm working within the space was laying out pipeline across the river channels.
Moreover, she stated that she had nothing doing than farming and that the incident meant that she had misplaced her technique of livelihood and revenue.
The mom of 4 nonetheless, unveiled that she borrowed some cash to spend money on the farmland, a mortgage she was anticipated to repay after harvest.
Ikwuegbu burdened that with the current state of affairs, she wouldn’t be capable of repay the mortgage, not to mention feed her household.
In a associated improvement, one other sufferer, Mr. Ikechukwu Osuji, said that he can be dropping near N40 million, being his annual revenue from planting cucumbers.
Osuji claimed that he harvests 20 luggage of cucumbers, which he normally sells on the charge of N20,000 per bag, stating that he had been weakened by the destruction brought on by the flood on his farmland.
Including his voice, one other sufferer, Jude Isikogu, stated that his household fishpond had been dislodged.
Isikogu said that they normally harvest fish within the stated pond each 5 years.
He stated, “I remorse that we predict to reap fish from the pond this yr, just for a man-made flood catastrophe to devastate the pond.”
