The Victim Obi sitting on the floor and the house destroyed
The sand stirred up by the helicopter conveying Vice-President Namadi Sambo to Buanchor, Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State on Friday destroyed a mud-house belonging to a 78-year- old woman, Mrs. Bessie Obi, when it landed in the
Sambo was in the community to ascertain
the extent of damage caused by recent landslide from surrounding
mountains silting rivers, streams and causing flooding in the area.
As soon as the mud-house collapsed, Obi ran out and started crying profusely.
Obi was quickly attended to by officers
of the Cross River State Emergency Management Agency and its counterpart
in the National Emergency Management Agency.
The mud-house had three rooms, an old wooden furniture and other household items.
The Director-General of SEMA, Mr.
Vincent Aquah, who assessed the damage, sympathised with Obi and the
four other occupants of the house and assured them that the matter would
be addressed.
Assessing the damage caused by the
landslide, Sambo, who was oblivious of the damage caused when his
aircraft landed in the community, said the Federal Government would take
pragmatic steps towards addressing the disaster.
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Oh! They (Sambo and his government) should better stop addressing and start building a new house for the woman.
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