11 Die In Suleja, Tafa Councils Flood Disaster

From Saka Bolaji, Minna

No fewer than 11 persons have lost their lives in a flood disaster caused by a five-hour heavy downpour in Suleja and part of Tafa local government areas of Niger state just as many were injured and houses as well as other public buildings were destroyed.
It was reliably gathered that nine people were killed by the flood at Checheniya area of Suleja, one killed at Kuspa area of the town while one other died at Ayin -Nassarrawa in Tafa local government area of the state.
Our findings revealed that the five-hour rain at the weekend however submerged and destroyed houses and property worth millions of naira in Kaltuma and Angwan Gwari in Suleja local government area of the state but no live lost there.
It was revealed that some of the victims of the flood disaster who lost their lives were members of same family and their bodies were yet to be recovered as at the time of filing this report but the search was still on to recover the bodies.
Director General of Niger state Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), Alhaji Ibrahim Inga, who confirmed the incident to The Dream Daily Newspaper in Minna noted that the members of the agency’s search and rescue operation were at the sites of the disasters with other volunteers.
Inga hinted that so far two of the bodies of those killed by the flood have been recovered but the search and rescue operation was still on to recover the remaining bodies while efforts are being made to attend to those injured and ameliorate the sufferings of those whose houses were submerged.
“As I am talking to you now the search and rescue operation is going on and now two bodies have been recovered, initially we thought it was eight people who lost their lives in Suleja but now it has increased to ten and we have another one from Tafa”.
According to the DG the details of the victims were yet to be ascertained but so far 11 persons have been confirmed killed in the flood disasters ,many houses were submerged and properties destroyed in the five-hour down pour between Saturday night up till Sunday morning.