Nigeria: Borno Flood – My Wife, 5 Kids Still Missing – Survivor

• ‘I thought I’d die with my 6 children’
• ‘Canoe operators collected N100,000 to rescue my sheep’
• NGF visits affected areas, donates N100m; Fintiri N50m
• 259 dead, over 1m affected in 29 states – NEMA

From Hamisu K. Matazu, Olatunji Omirin, (Maiduguri), Maureen Onochie & Balarabe Alkassim (Abuja) with agency reports

Survivors of the Maiduguri flood, the worst in three decades, have narrated their harrowing experiences before they were rescued.

The heavy rainfall, which began Monday night had…