Man, Son Killed in Flood In Delta State

Pandemonium erupted in Uwheru/Ohoror communities of Ughelli North local government area of Delta State, when a man and his son were killed by the ravaging flood.

Mr. Johnson Emegogoe, a a motor-cycle mechanic and his second son, Mr. Benji Emegogoe were said to have gone for fishing when they were swept away by the flood.

According to The Nation, Mr. Moses Young, the cousin to the deceased, who spoke to journalists said that a search team was organised to find the deceased the next day they both left to fish.

Young said, “We cannot say what actually happened because none of us went with them, but a search party that went the following day only saw their dead bodies, but to ascertain how it happened we cannot.

“What we suspected was the canoe they may have used for the fishing capsized and there was nobody there to rescue them and they probably struggled and died and this was as a result of the over flow of water.

“This tragedy is much for us. If the incident had happened at the day time, may be someone would have walked into them and they would have been saved but what we suspected was that the incident happened in the dark when all had left the farm, hence no one could rescue them.