The Trademore Estate along Airport Road was flooded early on Thursday in Abuja, affecting no less than 116 homes.
Despite worries that at least one life may have been lost in the incident, Dr. Abbas G. Idriss, Director General of the Federal Capital Territory FCT Emergency Management Agency, denied any fatalities.
Dr. Abbas G. Idriss urged homeowners whose homes are situated on the water channel to move after noting that the floods at Trademore Estate were brought on by violations on the water channel.
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Nkechi Isa, the head of public affairs at FEMA, cited her supervisor as saying that the Trademore development lies near a water channel and is hence vulnerable to flooding. Dr. Abbas G. Idriss reports that the floodwaters have subsided but thanks everyone for their cooperation and efforts at Trademore Estate to guarantee that no lives were lost.
Social media claims claiming that a resident of the Estate went missing amid the floods were disregarded by him as incorrect. The FEMA director pleaded for help after the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency NIHSA failed to foresee significant flooding in the Federal Capital Territory during the rainy season.
