Officials of the Nigerian Red Cross has recovered 25 corpses after flood washed through Adamawa state and other states in the north eastern of Nigeria. The Red Cross officials claimed they
recovered the corpses from the Benue River in
Adamawa state. The Red Cross secretary in Adamawa state,
Mr Abubakar Ahmad noted that the corpses
may have come from neighbouring Cameroon,
as no one in the area could immediately
identify the dead bodies. Mr Ahmad added further that there could be
more dead bodies after the flooding, as many
others are still missing. Officials previously recovered at least 45
bodies from the flooding, which they blamed
on officials in Cameroon opening up a dam. Cameroon warned Nigeria before relieving
pressure on the overwhelmed dam. Nigeria is experiencing its annual rainy season
and flooding which recently claimed the lives
of at least 68 people in Plateau state in north
central region of the country.
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