Flood sacks 6 villages, renders 10,000homeless in C-River

A heavy down pour, which resulted in
mudslide and flooding in Boki Local Government
Area of Cross River State, has destroyed about six
villages swept away three thousand farm lands and
rendered 10,000 people homeless and
economically incapacitated.
The flood also left tourists away to Buanchor
Canopy Walk Way and the Drill Ranch in Boki
council stranded as it swept away the bridges and
culverts leading to the sites.
Over eight culverts and two bridges were
completely overwhelmed by the flood and
mudslide rendering the only accessible dirt road
impassible.
The Buanchor Canopy Walk Way of about 30m
high, located in the heart of the virgin forest of
Boki is the longest in Africa, while the Drill Ranch is
for the protection of Drill Monkeys, an endangered
animal specie which attracts' hundreds of tourists
monthly.
The flood also cut of Boje, the council headquarters
from other parts of the area, as one of the major
bridges was completely swept away, while the
stream which is the only source of drinking water in
Katabang community with a population of over
nine hundred people was flooded.
The development had led to women and children
trekking long distances to fetch water with Jeri
cans and basins for domestic use.
Substantial parts of the Afi Mountain Range also
slide the valleys bringing down rubles, rocks, and
heavy boulders which tore vegetation, houses,
bridges and other structures along it's paths
covering over two kilometre radius.
Assessing the disaster, Director General, Cross
River State Emergency Management Agency,
SEMA, Mr. Vincent Aquah, described the magnitude
of devastation as unprecedented.