At least no fewer than 4 persons were reportedly killed while food stuff
and cash crops worth millions of Naira were washed away as a result of
heavy down pour in Hayin Gwarmai village in Bebeji Local Government Area
of Kano State yesterday.
The Chairman of the Local Government, Alhaji Mudansiru Bebeji, told
newsmen in Kano state government House this afternoon that the flood also
washed away several farms in area.
Bebeji said a number of 269 houses had also been destroyed during the
disaster.
He said he had since paid a sympathy visit to the victims of the disaster
and called on the federal and state governments to come to the aid of the
victims to alleviate their sufferings.
We are calling on the Federal and Kano State governments to assist the
victims to reduce their sufferings, he said.
The Director, Operations, Kano State Emergency Relief and Rehabilitation
Agency, Alhaji Abdullahi Dambatta, said the agency had not received any
official report on the incident from the local government council.
Dambatta, however, said as soon as the agency got the report it would
forward same to the state government for necessary assistance to the
victims.