According to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), about 70% of Maiduguri has been submerged by the fast-moving waters. Major city locations such as the Sanda Kyarimi Park Zoo, the Shehu of Borno’s palace, the state secretariat, the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, and several residential areas like Bulabulin, Gwange, and Lagos Area have been heavily affected.
“About 70 per cent of the town is already underwater. So, many people are trapped as the flood intensified when people were sleeping; some people woke up to discover that they were inside water,” NEMA spokesman, Manzo Ezekiel, told The PUNCH Newspaper.
