Tears Flow As Flood Sacks Airport Road Residents In Benin City!

It is not a good moment for residents of Prince Clifford's Street and other streets off Airport Road Benin City. The reason is that increased flooding in the area as a result of the on-going road construction had caused more devastation rather than relief to the inhabitants of the area.

Several tenants have relocated from the area because flood had taken over their houses destroying properties estimated at several millions of naira. It was a pitiable sight last  week when residents of the area staged a protest to the premises of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, in Benin City.

Flooded Clifford Street...Residents are appealing to relevant authorities for relief.

They narrated that the problem started after the commencement of the road project, particularly the digging of a manhole somewhere around the road, which, according to them, created a passage for the flood to flow  through the entire houses in the area.

They regretted that several efforts made to get the attention of the state government and the contractor handling the project, Servetek Construction Company, proved abortive. Vanguard Metro, VM, observed that fleeing residents of the area relocated to the homes of their relatives, making life very unbearable for them.



Source: Vanguard