YENAGOA—The flood has forced thousands of residents from households in Bayelsa villages to leave their homes.

The majority of the victims from all across the country have appealed to the federal and Bayelsa state governments to save their lives, and they are currently seeking safety on bridges, roadways, and temporary camps.

The flood floods have flooded many houses, schools, hospitals, places of worship, roadways, and farmlands.

The state’s Yenagoa, Kolokuma/Opokuma, and Southern Ijaw Local Government Areas are home to the majority of the impacted villages.

King David Obuma, the former Majority Leader of the state House of Assembly and the Paramount Ruler (Ibedaowei) of the Biseni tribe, claimed that his people felt abandoned since the floods had caused severe problems with housing and starvation.

While dykes, dams, and river bank embankments should be built as long-term remedies, he asked the government to assist the people in sandfilling certain areas as higher grounds for shelter as a temporary remedy.

Additionally, King Akile Debekeme, the Pere of Biseni, bemoaned the fact that the kingdom’s inhabitants still suffer from flood disasters every year despite the presence of multiple oil wells and gas facilities. He called for the government to step in and provide relief supplies and establish camps for internally displaced people in the region.

Oweifa Godday, the secretary of the chiefs’ council, and Ere Konugha, two of the displaced people staying in a makeshift shelter on a bridge, expressed their grief and confusion at being cut off from their family.

In addition to Biseni, the state’s flood disaster had an impact on villages in Epie Kingdom in Yenagoa, Sampou in Kolokuma-Opokuma, Sagbama, and Ogbia.