Speaking with SaharaReporters in Igbo during the protest, the Vice President of Umuchima autonomous community, Mr. Chimezie Ugochukwu, said, “We gathered here today crying because in Umuchima, the road that leads from Orlu to Akaokwa in Ideato nation, there is a very big gully.

The residents of Umuchima Community in the Ideato South Local Government Area of Imo State on Friday staged a peaceful protest, lamenting that the gully erosion ravaging the community has rendered many of them homeless.

The protesters displayed placards with various inscriptions including “Gully erosion, Umuchima is homeless in Ideato South, Imo State,” “We are refugees in our state. We lost our houses and other properties to gully erosion,” “Gully erosion: families rendered homeless in Umuchima, Ideato South, Imo State. Presidency, take note,” and “We are homeless. Pray for us. We lost houses and other properties.”

The protesters, who also had a large poster of various photos showing the eroded community, destroyed houses and roads, said they had written to the state government several times for urgent intervention but despite their outcry for help, Governor Hope Uzodimma’s administration had not taken any action to come to their rescue.

Speaking with SaharaReporters in Igbo during the protest, the Vice President of Umuchima autonomous community, Mr. Chimezie Ugochukwu, said, “We gathered here today crying because in Umuchima, the road that leads from Orlu to Akaokwa in Ideato nation, there is a very big gully.

“Since 2021, Umuchima community and the entire Ideato South have been writing to the government, both the state and the federal governments. The federal house and the Senate.

“We have taken our complaint to the Ecological department in Abuja concerning the problem in Umuchima but despite all our cries all this while, the government did not come to our aid.

“More than 50 buildings have been destroyed. The community cannot handle it again. That is why we came out, let the government come to our aid.

“This is behind KO Mbadiwe University. We are here for the government to see that we no longer have where we live. Our properties have been destroyed. Let the federal and state government help us and fix this erosion to save us.”

Mrs. Mary Nwakata, another protester, tearfully shared that she has lost her home to the devastating erosion, leaving her and her children without a place to live, and are now stranded and displaced.

“Even now, I don’t have a house. As I’m talking to you now, including my shop and my husband’s shop. As I am now, my children and I are stranded. We don’t know what to do or where to go. Erosion has washed everything, and that place is our last hope,” she said.

“I don’t have any hope again. The government should please help us,” an aged woman who also joined the protest lamented.

Also, one of the protesters and the Secretary General of Umuchima Community, Mabaoma Uche, said that the community has written several letters to Ikenga Ugochinyere, who is a member representing Ideato Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives to present to the House of Reps, “but since then, we don’t know what is happening. He has never told us what is happening about the letters we wrote”.

He said, “We have also written to the former House of Representatives member, Micheal Obi, but nothing has happened. We have also informed the former Governor, Senator Rochas Okorocha. We have written to other notable people but nothing has happened.”

He further lamented, “Erosion has carried our people away. More than 20 houses have been submerged in the gully erosion. We have lost more than five persons, both children and adults. Our worries and pain now is that with the rainfall going on, in the next one week, we might no longer have a place at all.”
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https://saharareporters.com/2024/06/28/imo-community-residents-decry-devastating-impact-gully-erosion-protest-loss-homes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUMs7LyDBLo?si=NUQ5DAQAoz2oTDO2

No federal presence in the east.

Omo looking dangerous

Ok

Why are southeast roads always like this?.

G

Mhen, what an eyesore!!!

Dis is bad....beginning to see dis in d north too

Natural disaster management is the one of the weakest side of Nigerian governments

Justiceganduje:
No federal presence in the east.

The hypocrisy of you people ehn. Obidients ma pa mi na. Na lack of Federal presence dey cause gully erosion?

When there is news of gully erosion in East. This is what you guys say; No Federal presence in East.

If this same news is about West, what you say is South West is a Wasteland. Lagos is a glorified slum.

If This same news is about North, what you say is their leaders eat the money and turn the residents to almajiri.

Same situation but different comments as long as it is not your region-- The PitObi style.

Anyway, Hope Uzodinma of Imo is a performer just as Soludo of Anambra. He will fix this.

Justiceganduje:
No federal presence in the east.

Kuku talk say make FG dey come help una wash pant and bra too.

Bordey:
Why are southeast roads always like this?.

Lots and lots of erosion. Anambra is battling with the same erosion issue.

However, the road is the least of their worries, people are dying and communities are going into extinction because of that erosion natural disaster.

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Why dem no go japa from thiss kind land?

Horrible, I wish preventive measures can be put in place but you see natural disaster, it's beyond human capacity.

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They should hold ROCHAS

updatechange:
Why dem no go japa from thiss kind land?

Hope sey you dey canoe dey go work?
😂😂😂😂

Government should build a flood channel, a very wide and thick concrete and direct the water to the ocean. That’s the solution to the problem if not the entire village or city will be wiped out.

Justiceganduje:
No federal presence in the east.

Is FG fault when it happens in the East but the governor fault when it happens in other region.


You people hypocrisy sinks to the heaven.

Tjra:

The hypocrisy of you people ehn. Obidients ma pa mi na. Na Federal presence dey cause gully erosion?

When there is news of gully erosion in East. This is what you guys say; No Federal presence in East.

If this same news is about West, what you say is South West is a Wasteland. Lagos is a glorified slum.

If This same news is about North, what you say is their leaders eat the money and turn the residents to almajiri.

Same situation but different comment as long as it is not your region. The PitObi style.

Anyway, Hope Uzodinma of Imo is a performer just as Soludo of Anambra. He will fix this.

I really hope that he does fix this. However, road fixing is not his strong point. The Imo part or Orlu-Ihiala have had worse pot-holes, car-holes and gullies for more than 4 years now.
But Hope has turned a eye..

There is no road construction going on in Imo state

After building 3 federal government roads in Imo state uzodinjo has gone too sleep

Roads in municipal capital city are bad very talk more of those in rural communities.

Tjra:

The hypocrisy of you people ehn. Obidients ma pa mi na. Na Federal presence dey cause gully erosion?

When there is news of gully erosion in East. This is what you guys say; No Federal presence in East.

If this same news is about West, what you say is South West is a Wasteland. Lagos is a glorified slum.

If This same news is about North, what you say is their leaders eat the money and turn the residents to almajiri.

Same situation but different comment as long as it is not your region. The PitObi style.

Anyway, Hope Uzodinma of Imo is a performer just as Soludo of Anambra. He will fix this.

You sabi dem no be small.
They are the typical definition of hypocrisy.

This is what Ikenga who is representing the Ideato Nation at the House of Rep should be after, rather he's more concern about giving updates about Fubara - Wike feud that has no impact on the lives of people who have chosen him as their candidate.

Ooooboy...
This Gully Erosion no be here ooo.
All the Building wen dey for that area none safe again ooo.
Chai! Na Lagos own we dey reason before but that one na just Flood ooo, this kind erosion na Gbese ooo.

Hope say the people from that area go stop to dey Yab/badmouth others sha

One day the entire East might be consumed by golly. Presently, over 70% of Anambra State has been consumed by golly erosion. The remaining 30% will be consumed by golly of nothing is done.

If this is allowed to continue, which land will they use as their Country when Biafra is actualized?

Developer's state..

That road is gone.

But it baffles me o...is it that we don't have the mental capacity to solve our infrastructural problems, whether erosion or flooding? I have stated it here, if it means hiring the Chinese or Japanese to build, operate and maintain these infrastructures, so be it.

We no dey try as black men o.

They should stop crying. Every one is facing issues . Can't they see how other communities and states are battling serious flooding?

Let them do something instead of crying

Justiceganduje:
No federal presence in the east.

If its federal govt presence the East want then scramble the presence of State Govt cos whats there purpose ...

All those developers shouting we build lagos cannt they put there head together and fix there homeland .. afterall they develop lagos without FG

If the whole East keep waiting on the FG then what is the purpose of state governor ... what about the allocations

f it were southwest, bitter grievingory OBItuary people will flood this place grieving and mourning seriously like bereaved monkeys