One person has been confirmed dead, while two were rescued in the floods that destroyed some communities in Plateau State on Sunday.
The Executive Secretary of State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Sunday Abdu, said in Jos on Monday after he led members of his team and other stakeholders to see the situation in the affected communities.
Abdu said human activities triggered the incident.
His words: “We have just gone round the communities and discovered that it is the same old story of buildings along the waterway, blocking the waterway, erection of illegal structures and indiscriminate dumping of refuse.
These are the indices that triggered the overflow of water in the area. Of course, it is a natural disaster, but because of these blockages, it is man-made, resulting in the occurrence of the flood.
“The flood took three children away, but the people were able to save two of them, and one was not found. That is the situation, so it’s not true that three persons died as a result of the flood.”
The SEMA boss, however, tasked the state regulatory agency to brace up for the challenge of illegal structures.
He also warned residents to desist from building on waterways in their interests.
