Heavy rain wreck havoc in Owerri, sack residents

Heavy downpour that lasted over 12 hours has left Owerri, the Imo State capital in flooded and damaging property worth millions of Naira.

ROYAL NEWS learnt that, the areas massively affected are the Federal Housing Estate at Chukwuma Nwoha road, old CBN quarters at Egbu road and Federal Housing World Bank Estate.

Other areas like Uratta Toronto junction, World bank, Wethedral road, IMSU junction, Chukwuma Nwoha, Orji road have equally been submerged by the flood.

However, affected victims have called on the state government to come to their aid.

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