Nigeria News - Worst floods - In 20 years displace 25,000 people in benue

The dangerous water levels are up to neck level for someone of five-foot-plus So it's something serious we're talking about here. More than 5km away from the river most of the houses have been submerged and it's getting close to the road now - so just very few houses are not inside water now People are packing their things, practically swimming - people were using boats - but I was told... ... a boat is charging up to N5000 to transport - so people could not afford. So what they did was to pack their families and leave The government has not provided a means to evacuate people to these camps and what I also noticed was an absence of law enforcement agencies some people never want to leave their belongings behind - it's not everything you are going to pack - so many had the idea of staying behind because of their belongings but they keep staying behind and the water keeps coming Another thing that shows negligence on the part of the government - NEMA actually came... ... but they never had any equipment to rescue people in case they were drowning or even test the water samples so they were just there... ... with their life jackets and with a long stick just measuring the depth of the water The fate of people around the riverbanks is still uncertain when they release more water tomorrow (Nigeria News & Entertainment)