Flood submerges Makurdi–Lafia road as Tinubu embarks on condolence visit
Heavy flooding caused by a midnight downpour has made the Makurdi–Lafia road impassable on Wednesday morning as Benue State residents waited to welcome President Bola Tinubu.
The president will be visiting the North Central state to offer condolences over the rising insecurity that has claimed over 200 lives recently.
However, some social media posts showed heavy floods overtaking the highway, leaving motorists and passengers stranded.
“Flood along Makurdi-Lafia, Abuja road this morning. People travelling or planning to travel through the Makurdi-Lafia Road should park and cancel the trip. The water on the road is moving even big vehicles,” a news blog, Follow Kwara, wrote on Facebook.
A video shared by TVC News shows the president’s convoy navigating through the floods on its way to Makurdi. However, there was no evidence that the president was in the convoy.
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Tinubu announced on Monday that he would visit the state on Wednesday, following heavy backlash from Nigerians who called him out for failing to empathise with the families affected by recent attacks by gunmen in the state.
Labour Party (Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 poll, Peter Obi, was among those who demanded that the president visit the state. He expressed concern over Tinubu’s failure to visit Benue and Niger, where hundreds of residents died in overnight flooding recently.
He contrasted the president’s action with the swift responses of leaders in countries like India and South Africa during similar crises
Recently, there have been fresh attacks on two local government areas of Benue State, resulting in the deaths of 26 persons.
The victims were killed in overnight attacks on communities in the Makurdi and Katsina-Ala local government areas.
Hours later, about 200 people were reportedly killed again in the state. The state has faced incessant attacks from gunmen.
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