Some building flooded to window level in Makurdi/ file photo
No fewer than 25 people have reportedly died due to a flood that swept through parts of Jibia area of Katsina state.
The flood, Famzn News learned, resulted from a downpour in the early hours of Monday.
Meanwhile, reports also have it that some persons are missing.
As stated by the District Head of Jibia, Alhaji Rabe Rabi’u, the flood also swept away about 90 houses farmlands were also destroyed as livestock.
“As I speak to you now, we have discovered the corpse of 25 persons including mothers and children and many are missing,” he said.
“Over 260 cows, sheep and goats were killed by the flood. The rainfall started around 11 pm on Sunday night and stopped by 1 am this morning (Monday).”
In the meantime, officials of the Katsina State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) have been deployed in the affected areas.
Executive Secretary of the agency, Dr Aminu Waziri, said he could not ascertain the specific number of casualties.