Storms displace 1,326 households, destroy 463 houses in C’River
*As Man stabs farmer to death over firewood AT least 1,326 households have been displaced while 463 houses in three local government areas in Cross River State have been destroyed by windstorm. The 1,326 households were affected as a result of the effect of the windstorm, which Vanguard gathered, occurred in Yala, Obudu and Ogoja, all in the Northern senatorial district of the state affecting 14 communities. Mr Godwin Tepikor, Zonal Coordinator of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), South-South, and his team were conducted around the affected areas by the council officials and youths from the communities, yesterday. While in Obudu Local Government Area, the team visited the affected communities of Bewbone, Abonkib, Bebuagbong, Igwo and Okworutung. Tepikor told Vanguard that the assessment tour followed a ‘save-our-soul’ report from the Chairman of the Obudu council area, Mr Boniface Eraye, following a windstorm incident that occurred on April 12, 2022. He said: “The disaster a...