Aminu Masari, governor of Katsina
state, on Monday said over 44 people had lost their lives while 20 others were
still missing following the Sunday flood disaster in Jibia local government
area of the state.
Masari, who said this after
inspecting the affected areas in the local government, said more than 500
houses were destroyed while thousands of people rendered homeless.
He said that scores of animals
were also killed during the disaster, which occurred on Sunday night and lasted
for over three hours.
“I can say that I have never seen
this kind of disaster in my life. The water level is above 10 feet height and
it is a purely a natural disaster as the government had constructed drainages
that were emptying into Jibia river,” he said.
“The water from the river moved
in a reverse order and come back to the town and caused the flooding. I saw a
groom of three days old who lost his bride and still searching for her.”
The governor said his
administration had already relocated the victims to a primary school in the
area.
He also explained that he had
informed the federal government about the disaster, saying NEMA had already
brought 13 trucks loaded with relief materials for distribution to the victims.
The governor said he had directed
the state ministry of environment to look into the possibility of diverting the
water from direct contact with the river.
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