A heavy rainfall leading to floods on Monday destroyed property worth more than N50 million in Umusiome village in Nkpor near Onitsha, according to residents.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the rain fell between 11 pm on Sunday and 2 a.m. on Monday and that the residents were still struggling to rescue their few undamaged belongings by Monday afternoon.
Others, who could not cope with the flood, abandoned their homes and fled.
Mr Chike Nonyelu, a resident of the village, said that properties estimated at more than N50 million were lost in the incident.
He said the villagers had earlier alerted the state government that flood water was being channeled to the village and expressed regrets it did not intervene.
"We have alerted the government on the channelling of flood waters toward the village by the construction firm which handled the Ogidi/Abatete/Eziowelle road project.
"We urge the government to urgently come to our aid by way of compensation," he said.
Nonyelu also urged the government to construct a drainage channel to re-direct the water.
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the Nigerian Red Cross Society had issued statements calling on residents of low land areas in Anambra to relocate uplands.
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