Four farmers commit suicide over flood disaster in Kogi

At least Four farmers in Kogi State have committed suicide as a result
of losses they incurred due to flood just as thousands of others have
been displaced. President Goodluck Jonathan whodisclosed this in
Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital while undertaking a tour of the areas
affected by flood encouraged the Internally Displaced People, IDPs, in
Bayelsa State not to give up hope, assuring that the Federal
Government was committed to rehabilitating them.
He stated this in one of IDPs camps at Samson Siasia stadium, Yenagoa,
Bayelsa State.
Speaking in Yenagoa, President Jonathan said, "In Kogi State, four
farmers committed suicide because they borrowed money from the bank to
buy seeds and flood came and destroyed it. So because they were scared
they committed suicide.