153 Dead, Families Washed Away At Sleep In Mokwa As Flood Hits Niger

153 Dead, Families Washed Away At Sleep In Mokwa As Flood Hits Niger https://ift.tt/j4TVw9M #Issues #Mokwa #NEMA #Niger ©June 2nd, 2025 ®June 2, 2025 4:00 pm Reports from Mokwa community in Niger State on Monday indicated that over 153 people have been confirmed dead, with hundreds of houses destroyed as floodwaters submerged large part of the community during the heavy downpour that occurred last Wednesday and Thursday, with residents stating with video footage that the floodwaters washed away thousands of families who were still at sleep as at 5am on Wednesday when the water started submerging parts of Tiffin Maza and Anguwan Hausawa communities in Mokwa, and some of those who woke up immediately to escape the floodwaters as seen in one of the video footages, ran to rooftop of a house but they were all completely washed away as the floodwaters destroyed the building. #OsazuwaAkonedo