SEVERAL parts of Makurdi metropolis were flooded on Monday following a 12-hour downpour.

The rain, which started in the wee hours of Monday, lasted till 1:25pm, displacing many families.

Our correspondent, who went round the Benue State capital, observed that areas like Media Village in Achusa, parts of Nyinma, communities along Naka road, Idye community around Zone 4 of Police Headquarters, as well as some parts of Wadata and Wurukum were submerged by flood.

A supervisory councillor, Attah Ede, who lives around Naka road, said his entire house was submerged with several items destroyed.

“Water has destroyed many of the items in my house like beddings, furniture and others; we could evacuate the items because the rain started around 1:00am and till this afternoon. All the bedrooms are flooded,” Ede added.