Physically challenged man loses 4 kids in Calabar mudslide
A 38-year-old physically challenged, Ndifreke Nkanta, yesterday, said
four of his children were among the nine that died in mudslide that
occurred in Calabar, Cross River State.
He said the mudslide occasioned by the downpour of Sunday morning, saw
his two other children sustaining various degrees of injuries.
Nkanta, who said the injured ones were hospitalised, added that he had
been physically challenged for the past 15 years.
He said his house collapsed on the children aged between nine months
and 15 years.
The bereaved man said several other houses were also affected by the landslide.
“The tragic incident happened on Sunday evening after a downpour which
brought down many houses in the area.
“I have lost four of my six children who were in the house that
collapsed on them as a result of the mudslide.
“They were eating when the house collapsed on them and swept them
away. My remaining two kids are in critical condition in the hospital.
“I did not take even a spoon from the house when the flood swept it
away; my phone, everything is gone, including my four children.
“As I speak with you, I’m homeless. There is no money to even pay the
hospital bills for the surviving two. I have nowhere to live anymore.
“I’m just a petty trader, with no other means of survival. I need help
from the public to help my remaining children who are still in the
hospital,” he said.
Nkanta called on State Emergency Management Agency and other relevant
government agencies to come to his aid as the burden was too much for
him to bear.
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