A traditional ruler has been sacked from his palace as flood occupies his palace.
The traditional ruler of Tungbo town in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa, His Highness, Amos Poubinafa, is now sleeping in his car as floods have chased him out of his palace.
“I have been sleeping in my Toyota Sienna for two weeks since the flood ravaged the palace.
“It reached the knee level and made the palace uninhabitable,’’ the retired naval officer told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Tungbo.
“The car is the only safe place for me; the entire building is flooded and there is no safer place for me to sleep.
“My family has been relocated to Yenagoa. As the Captain on board (traditional ruler) this vessel, I cannot abandon my subjects to seek alternative abode outside the town.
“By my training as a naval officer, I am not expected to abandon the crew I am leading in my vessel. I am expected to be the last man standing,’’ he said.
The traditional monarch also informed newsmen that he did suffer the same sad incident in 2012 as he could not abandon his the people he was ruling on and move to another location and that the situation is now worse in 2022 than it used to be.
He has sent message of appeal to the Bayelsa Emergency Management Agency, the National Emergency Management Agency, and other well-meaning persons to help victims flood in Tungbo town.
He has also called on the Federal Government to dredge Rivers Benue and Niger and build dams to put an end to the perennial flooding in parts of Nigeria.
