Flood resulting from heavy downpour, has displaced at least 2,000 people, washed off houses and farms in Adamawa state.

The Executive Secretary of the Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency, Dr. Mohamed Sulaiman, made this known in a statement on Wednesday, August 18 in Yola the state capital.

According to him, within a week , 227 houses and 300 farmlands were destroyed by flood. He said 850 of the victims and 161 houses were in Duhu district of Madagali Local Government Area.

He noted that the people were displaced by heavy rains on Tuesday, which caused serious damages to farmlands and houses.

Sulaiman recalled that between August 11 and12, more than 150 farmlands and about 66 houses were also destroyed by flood in Lababiri Village, Shelleng Local Government Area.

“In less than a week, the agency has recorded two heavy floods where about 227 houses, 300 farmlands and over 2,000 people were affected in the state,”.

He however assured that the agency and other sister organisations were working to offer assistance to the affected communities.