It has always been a struggle for residents of Ikot Effanga area of Calabar metropolis in Cross River State during the rainy season. No fewer than three families have been washed away and 17 houses consumed by erosion as a result of poor drainage systems.
Three families identified as, Udo (family of three); Elizabeth (family of two) and Uko (famiy of three) that disappeared after the heavy rainfall on Wednesday,The occupants of these houses under threats have at least five persons in each family and are yet to relocate as they have no way to go to.
Despite the loss, 10 more houses are still under the threat of being eroded if the torrents of rainfall continued.
In one of the houses which was three kilometres away from a massive gully erosion site, resident of the building, Mr. Nya Ekpo, said residents of the community whose houses were under threat did not have anywhere to go. the erosion threat to the area was compounded by a government contractor that abandoned the drainage project eight years ago that would have properly channeled the flood.
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