Deputy Director of Needs Assessment, State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Musa Ladan, who spoke yesterday, said “the flood killed four in Galamakira and Galam Baba communities in Miya district of Ganjuwa council – three children returning home after bathing in the rain when the culvert they stepped on caved in. Twelve persons have died in a flood, which also destroyed farmlands in Ganjuwa and Giade Local Governments in Bauchi State.
“One body was recovered immediately while the others were recovered the following day.
“The fourth victim was a 65-year-old farmer, Alhaji Danladi, whose house collapsed due to the magnitude of the wind.SEMA’s Permanent Secretary Aliyu Abba Ahamad said SEMA’s team visited the affected communities to commiserate with victims and assess the damage.
“Eight others also died in Gulbuk, Giade Local Government.” Village heads of Galamakira and Galam Baba, Saleh Adamu and Ahmed Iliyasu, appealed to the government to build more primary health care centres to provide emergency services to the people.
Four persons died in the flood that sacked 23 communities in Lapai Local Government of Niger State, following an eight-hour downpour.