Nigeria floods: 'I watched helplessly as water washed my family away' in Mokwa

Residents of a Nigeria town tell the BBC they are homeless and penniless after devastating floods.

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The father-of-one, 36, said his wife and newborn baby were among those washed away in floods early on Thursday morning in Niger state.

"She was the one that woke me up when the flood hit, and I quickly gathered the family and told everyone to hold one another. As we stepped outside, we saw water everywhere in our living room and the compound. They panicked and we got disconnected."

His wife and baby had only just returned to the town of Mokwa a day prior, after having stayed at his in-laws house for a few weeks after having given birth.

"I watched helplessly as water washed away my family. I survived because I could swim. It was God that saved me," Mr Adamu said.