Delta Monarchs Abandon Palaces As Flood Sacks Communities
October 17, 2019
4:19 pm
The ravaging flood resulting from the overflow of the River Niger has rendered residents in over ten communities along the shores of the river homeless.
The communities which spread across four kingdoms are in Oshimili South and Ndokwa East local government areas of Delta State.
As at the time of filing this report on Thursday, the four traditional rulers had abandoned their palaces for fear of being submerged by the flood.
Farmlands, houses and other properties in the affected kingdoms including Oko, Abala-Oshimili, Aika and Okpai had gone underwater.
The worth of the properties destroyed are said to in …
