The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Department has warned residents living close to water channels to consider relocating following a flooding incident that submerged parts of a residential building in Mabushi District, Abuja.
The acting Director-General of FEMD, Abdulrahman Mohammed, made the appeal after the incident which occurred in the early hours of Friday at a one-storey building located at 22 Anthony Ikem Street, behind Blue Cabana Hotel in Mabushi District, FCT.
In a statement signed by the Head of Public Affairs, Nkechi Isa, FEMD said the overnight downpour led to the flooding of the ground floor of the building.
The agency disclosed that it “received a distress call at about 3am” and immediately deployed its Search and Rescue Team to the scene.
According to the statement, both flats on the ground floor were submerged up to window level, while responders were forced to manually evacuate water after the generator powering the pumping machine failed. Related News FCT emergency agency warns residents near waterways to relocate LASG moves to cut emergency rescue delays Abuja building collapse kills five, 10 rescued as search continues
