By Olawumi Oyehan
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), through the Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), has warned residents living close to water channels to consider relocating following a flooding incident that submerged parts of a residential building in Mabushi District, Abuja.
The acting Director-General of FEMD, Abdulrahman Mohammed, made the appeal after the incident which occurred in the early hours of Friday at a one-storey building located at 22 Anthony Ikem Street, behind Blue Cabana Hotel in Mabushi District, FCT.
In a statement signed by the Head of Public Affairs, Nkechi Isa, FEMD said the overnight downpour led to the flooding of the ground floor of the building.
The agency disclosed that it “received a distress call at about 3am” and immediately deployed its Search and Rescue Team to the scene.
According to the statement, the Team had to manually bail water from the apartments when the generator attached to the pumping machine failed to start.
The statement reads in parts, No life was lost in the incident.
Household items food stuff and documents were destroyed by the flood.
Meanwhile, the Ag Director General of FEMD, Engr Abdulrahman Mohammed has appealed to residents residing close to the water channel to relocate as the onset of the rainy season draws near.
Mohammed also called for the clearing of blocked drains and the removal of structures built on the water channel”.