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220 houses, 13 Plateau communities submerged by flood

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4 years ago

August 24, 2022

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Several communities in Langtang South Local Government Area of Plateau State were, on Monday, wrecked by flood. Properties worth millions of naira were also destroyed, even as hundreds of people were rendered homeless.

Our correspondent gathered that the flood affected 13 communities, submerging about 220 houses and several farmlands.

It was further gathered that some bridges connecting the areas to some other communities were also damaged.

Residents of the affected communities told our correspondent that heavy rainfall which lasted several hours on Monday night led to the destruction of the properties.

Emmanuel Nanpak, a resident of Mabudi told The Nation that several homes were submerged in Mabudi, Lashel, Turaki, Gehetu, and Karkasi Magama, among several other communities.

Nanpak, who claimed he lost all his life’s savings to the flood appealed for the government’s assistance.

Another citizen who identified himself as Nankar Adams said the flood disaster signalled “an impending hunger in the locality,” because several major farmers were affected.

The Chairman of Langtang South Local Government Area, Vincent Venman Bulus, on his Facebook page said: “It’s sad to hear about the flood that swept the Mabudi community of Langtang South which resulted in the destruction of properties worth millions of naira.

“I sympathise with the victims of the flood and the entire Mabudi community.

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2027: Clan insists governorship seat remains in Ebonyi North

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8 minutes ago

June 25, 2026

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A socio-cultural organization in Ebonyi State, Ezza Ezekuna Development Association, EEDA, has declared that the governorship seat in the state must remain in Ebonyi North Senatorial Zone till the 2031 general election, for justice, fairness, equity and political stability.

EEDA dismissed the recent communique issued by a group describing itself as the Umuekumenyi Leaders’ Council, in support of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate, Ifeanychukwuma Odii, from the Ebonyi South Senatorial Zone.

It declared that the Umuekumenyi Leaders’ Council has no legal existence as it is not registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC, and has no constitutional foundation within the constituent clans of Umuekumenyi.

Briefing newsmen on Thursday in Abakaliki, National President of the association, Chief Kingsley Akam, Secretary, Comrade Uchechukwu Edeh, and a member of the association, Professor Chike Emmanuel Onwe, said EEDA aligns itself with the established zoning arrangement governing political succession in the state.

It insisted that Ebonyi North Senatorial Zone must be allowed to complete its own two tenures of the governorship seat as done by other two senatorial zones in the state.

“The Ezza Ezekuna Development Association believes firmly in justice, fairness, equity and political stability. These are not abstract values to be invoked in ceremony and abandoned in practice.

“They are the operative principles upon which durable inter-communal harmony is built, and they have contributed significantly to the peace and progress enjoyed across Ebonyi State since its creation.

“We align ourselves fully with the established zoning arrangement governing political succession in Ebonyi State, and we do so not as a new or recent conversion but as an expression of a position that the leaders and people of Ezza Ezekuna have previously declared and consistently maintained.

“That position has never changed, and it shall not change. The governorship of Ebonyi State remains, in accordance with the prevailing zoning understanding, in Ebonyi North until 2031. No reasonable Ezza person, properly informed of the history of our state and properly committed to the collective stability of Ebonyi, would oppose this arrangement. Those who do so act neither on behalf of Ezza people nor in the interest of the peace that all our communities depend upon.

“The so-called Umuekumenyi Leaders’ Council has no legal existence. It is not registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission. It has no constitutional foundation within the traditions or governance structures of any of the constituent clans of Umuekumenyi.

“It is, in plain terms, a contraption — assembled hurriedly and without mandate by individuals pursuing personal political agendas under the cover of a name designed to create the illusion of collective authority. The public, the media and all relevant institutions are advised to treat it as such,” Akam said.