Scores displaced as flood ravages Otukpa community in Benue

Scores of residents person been displaced and respective properties destroyed pursuing a devastating flood that swept done Odoba Ogaje assemblage successful Otukpa, Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue State, aft a dense rainfall connected the nighttime of June 21, 2026.

The flood, which residents judge was worsened by drainage challenges associated with the ongoing dualization of the Makurdi–Enugu Expressway passing done the community, near galore families stateless and caused wide destruction.

Homes, churches, schools, section roads, farmlands, and different captious infrastructure were severely affected, throwing galore residents into hardship.

Community members said the catastrophe forced respective families to fly their homes arsenic floodwaters inundated residential areas and destroyed invaluable property.

Following the incident, the radical of Odoba Ogaje appealed to the Federal Government, Benue State Government, and applicable exigency agencies for urgent intervention.

They called for the proviso of exigency alleviation materials, impermanent shelter, aesculapian assistance, and rehabilitation enactment to assistance victims retrieve from the disaster.

The assemblage besides urged cardinal authorities officials and agencies to sojourn the affected country and measure the grade of the harm with a presumption to providing contiguous assistance.