According to sources, in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, about 15 percent of the city is under water.

Data released by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) say the floods have already killed about 270 people in the country and devastated large areas of crops and livestock.

David Stephenson, representative of the World Food Program, noted that it is an absolute tragedy for hundreds of thousands of people, whose homes have already been destroyed.

Stephenson added that the floods present another challenge for internally displaced people in the region, many of whom have already been made vulnerable by violence in various parts of the country.

This situation is exacerbated in a country where, based on the United Nations data, the current rains have washed away 29 of the country’s 36 states.

Likewise, Nigeria is also the target of the actions of groups such as Boko Haram and its offshoot, Islamic State in West Africa, which carry out kidnappings, murders and robberies of the defenseless population.

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