Nigeria, Aug. 12 -- Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has expressed sadness over the flood disaster in Enohia Itim and Kpoghirikpo Communities in Afikpo Local Government Area of the state.

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that at least eight persons were killed while over 800 farmlands were destroyed by flooding, which ravaged Enohia Itim and Community on 1 August.

Three children were among the eight people who lost their lives in the incident.

The flooding also affected parts of Azuoto Okpuitumo, another community in Abakaliki Local Government Area of the state.

In a statement on Tuesday by his spokesperson, Monday Uzor, Mr Nwifuru sympathised with victims of the flood disaster in the affected communities.

"I received with deep...