Borno Flood: We came to rescue people but we are trapped – Emergency officials

Barkindo Mohammed, Director General of the Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), says the agency’s officials drafted to rescue victims of the flood in Maiduguri were trapped.

Water from Alau Dam, which collapsed early Tuesday morning, has continued to submerge various wards in the town while thousands of displaced residents are scouting for safer places.

In a chat with NAN, Mohammed said the agency had since commenced rescue operations and distribution of sandbags.

He said: “Just now, we went for a rescue and proceeded to distribute sandbags in Gozari.

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“As I am talking to you now I am trapped; we came to rescue some people and we are now trapped with my staff.”

Meanwhile, hundreds of people are in the streets with nowhere to go while some could be seen lying or sitting under tree shades with their families.

Musa Abbas, with a family of two women and six children, said he had nowhere to go as his brothers were residing in the Bulumkutu area that needed one to cross the bridge.

Abbas said: “The bridge is now submerged; I can’t cross and my brothers can only come for me. We will sleep here and continue to pray the rain won’t come.”