An early morning downpour that lasted for more than four hours has left Eket and its environs heavily flooded, damaging property worth millions of naira.
The areas mostly affected include Idua Road, RCC Road, Iso Esuk Idua, and Almighty Road, amongst other residential areas.
A landlord in the town, Mr Gabriel Bassey, said the rain started at about 4:00am and by the time it subsided, the entire vicinity had been covered by flood.
“I saw water entering our rooms and before my family could start parking some valuable documents, the flood had taken over the building,” Bassey said.
He called on the state government to come to their aid in order to cushion the impact of the flooding.
Bassey appealed to the State Government to build flood control structures in the area to permanently address the menace.
“All the houses behind me, including 10 other houses, were affected by the flood,” he said.
Another resident, Chief Akpan Monday, said since the construction of the road by the immediate past government, the area had suffered flooding.
“We have had the same problem, with our houses being flooded, day in, day out, especially after the construction of the Almighty Road, four years ago,” Monday lamented.
Monday said the drains could not carry the quantity of the flood, which made it overflow into people’s homes and buildings.
“I have lost all I had, including my children’s credentials. The one that annoys me most is the one that just collected his result from his convocation from a polytechnic in Eket three days ago,” he said.
Mrs Eno Okpo also lamented that the heavy downpour destroyed her household items and other property in the area.
“I will not stay again in this kind of flooded environment. State Government should come in and rescue me from this situation,” Okpo begged. NAN
