Flooding; Bayelsa Govt rescues 120 years old woman, evacuates over 1,000 indigenes

 Flooding; Bayelsa Govt rescues 120 years old woman, evacuates over 1,000 indigenes

A 120 year old woman, Mrs Rhoda Tamunu on Wednesday in Yenagoa escaped death by whiskers as she was rescued from being overrun by rampaging flood which enters the second week in the state.

Also, no fewer than 1,000 indigenes from various communities have been evacuated to the relief camps located at the State capital.

The survivor, according to official of the State Emergency Medical Services was rescued at the point of death, adding that her residence at Agudama-Epie in Yenagoa local government area of the state was submerged, while property worth millions of naira was lost to the flooding.

The official of SEMS, Mrs Cynthia Boufini said the Agency swiftly responded to a distress call put through one of the hotlines made available by the State government.

Expressing gratitude to the State government over its efforts to ameliorate the suffering of the people, her grandson, Mr. Francis Monovie,  said if not for the hotlines made available by the government, his grandmother would have been washed away by the flood.

It would be recalled that Governor Seriake Dickson had given out emergency hot lines to the public during his broadcast to the people of the state on the flood that has ravaged the state in the past 2 weeks.
T he flood victim has since been taken to the Government House clinic for medical attention


Daniel Iworiso-Markson
Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Bayelsa