Nigeria: Situation still terrible — SEMA — Africa Links 24

Barkindo Mohammed, the Director General of the Borno State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, has described the situation in flooded Maiduguri town as “terrible.”

Water from Alau Dam, which collapsed early Tuesday morning, has continued to submerge various wards in the town while thousands of displaced residents are scouting for safer places.

Mohammed said on Wednesday in Maiduguri that the agency had since commenced rescue operations and distribution of sandbags.

“Just…