Maiduguri flood: Residents pay heavy price for heeding Borno govt’s misleading assurance

Water residues on the road splatter on the tricycle’s tyres, conveying this reporter to Lagos Street to connect to the ever-busy Monday Market in Maiduguri. To the right and left are closed shops, puddles, and cars sunk into the ground, a sight signifying a relieving start to sorrowful days. The disarray witnessed in the city …