Enu-Avomimi quarter of Enugwu-Ukwu in Njikoka council area of the state has sent a save a soul message to government over the threat of gully erosion in the area.
Angel Network News (ANN) reports that the villagers are crying out after a recent downpour in the village that claimed properties worth millions of naira while over 31 building in the area are at the verge of caving-in into the erosion.
Findings reveals that the depth of the gully erosion was learnt to measure about 60 meters deep and 60 meters wide.
A chieftain of the village, Mr. Christopher Onyekwu told newsmen that the village is at the brink of becoming extinct and the fear of the people is that if nothing is urgently done, the entire community might soon be washed away.
He appealed to the State and Federal governments and international agencies to come to their aid while blaming the erosion on flood channels directed from other parts of neighbouring communities.
Contributing, some residents of Enu-Avomimi, Chiefs Paul Mbonu, Emmanuel Okponyia and Nwabuze Umejiakabugu said that they have lived in fear for years as the erosion has continued to threaten buildings of residents and a hospital in the area.
A visually impaired octogenarian widow who parts of her house has been eaten up by the gully erosion, Mrs. Rita Edozo recalled that her late husband tried regularly to stop the ravaging erosion with palliative work to no avail appealed for help to enable her family to relocate to another home.
