Standup9ja: Death toll in Niger flood rises to 16
Death tolls in the weekend flood in Suleja and Tafa local
government areas of Niger State has risen to 16, Standup9ja learnt on Monday.
Eleven people initially lost their lives in the flood
occasioned by heavy down pour that started on Saturday until Sunday morning in
the affected local government areas.
However a witness, Abdulrahaman Suleiman told our
correspondent yesterday in Suleja that 13 people were confirmed dead as at
yesterday morning, while four others who were in coma were still receiving
medical attention at the General Hospital Suleja.
The Director General of the Niger State Emergency Management
Agency (NSEMA) Malam Ibrahim Inga however put the death toll at Suleja at the nine
instead of the initial 10, while he puts that of Tafa at three from the initial
one
He said residents confirmed to the Agency that the body of a
middle age woman who died when parts of her building collapsed on her during
the heavy down pour was recovered yesterday morning, while two people also died
in the flood along Western Avenue of Zuma rock in Tafa.
The director general confirmed that the Agency’s search and
rescue team rescued one person in Tafa.
He also said although Agency officials along with the
personnel of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) were still taking
inventory of the houses lost to the flood, 90 households were affected in
Suleja, adding that more could be uncovered when the water level reduces. He
also disclosed that over 35 houses were affected in Tafa.
He said that more than 500 persons could have been
displaced, even though Agency officials were still taking roll calls of
tenants, while the inventory of landlords has been completed.
The director general said vehicles and personnel effects
were washed away by the rampaging flood in the two Councils.
He said the Agency would be putting up temporary camps for
those displaced immediately after the inventory was concluded, while relief
materials were being moblised to cushion the effect of the disaster.
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