Alhaji Garba Salihu, Chairman of Dandi Local Government Area of
Kebbi, on Thursday said no fewer than 40 houses and a secondary school
were destroyed by torrential rain in the area.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Salihu said that the
incident happened on Monday when heavy rain, with strong wind blew up
the houses and rendered the victims helpless.
“As soon as I received the report, I rushed to the area to see what happened and commiserated with the victims.
“It was a sad scene because family members of over 40 households were
dislodged by the heavy rain, even the roofing of the Shiko Secondary
School in the area was gone,’’ he lamented.
Salihu explained that his council assisted the victims with some cash
and immediately compiled the list of those affected and sent to the
state government for assistance through the State Emergency Management
Agency (SEMA).
He appealed to Gov. Atiku Bagudu to come to the aid of the victims in order to alleviate their sufferings.
The Village Head of Shiko, Yahaya Ibrahim, also appealed to both the
state and Federal Government to come to the aid of the victims, who
presently have no where to stay with their families.
One of the victims, Attahiru Musa, said his two wives and 12 children have been staying in the open with no where to go.
“As you can see, we have no place to lean our bodies on, everything
has gone, we however plead with the local and state government to assist
us,” he said.