Erosion pulls down 3 houses, many others under threat in Abia housing estate

Erosion as a result of the heavy downpour has submerged three houses in Umobia Housing Estate, Umuahia South LGA of Abia State.

Several other properties, including farms in the estate, are also under serious threat of being pulled down in the area.

The victums, who conducted journalists round their damaged properties, appealed to the Abia State government to come to their rescue as more buildings may go down in few weeks if nothing is done.

They recalled that the erosion problem, which started in a small proportion, is now creating deep gullies around peoples houses and damaging more access roads.

Some of the victims said they now live in fear in this rainy season, as they may soon become homeless unless the government intervenes.

The Umobia Housing Estate residents said they had spent fortunrs in the past trying to control the erosion but regretted that the widening and deepening sizes of the gullies have gone beyond their scope of control.

A resident, whose house was pulled down, cried out that he had been rendered homeless by the erosion disaster.

Some other members of the Housing Estate who spoke about their predicament, said their houses had started showing some some of distress as a result of the constant erosion challenges.

They begged Governor Alex Otti to immediately intervene in their plight to save them from death and possible homelessness.