At least nine persons were killed and several others were injured in landslides due to heavy rains in the southern Nigerian state of Cross River on Wednesday, rescue official said on Thursday.

Spokesperson for the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) David Akate told reporters in Calabar, the state capital, saying the landslide occurred at Edim Otop community in the Calabar metropolis. The landslide occurred after heavy rains which lasted for more than five hours.

Akate said having warned residents of flood-prone communities of impending flood-related crisis, Cross River government expected them to vacate such areas.

The spokesperson added that the government had taken responsibility for the treatment of the survivors, who he said, were responding to treatment.

According to him, the corpses of the deceased have been deposited at the state General Hospital mortuary. Endi

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