No fewer than 44 persons were feared dead and scores missing as flood wreaked havoc in 10 communities in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State on Sunday night.
Some of the communities badly affected by the flood were Kwata, Dantudu, Sabuwar, Tukare, Tsohuwar Tukare and Ungwar Mai Kwari.
More than 500 houses were destroyed while thousands of people rendered homeless, Aminu Masari, the governor of Katsina, told reporters.
“The water from the river moved in a reverse order and come back to the town and caused the flooding,” he said.
The governor said the government had already relocated the victims to a primary school in the area.
Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness and concern over the unprecedented devastation caused by floods in Katsina state and other parts of the country.
In a statement reaching Xinhua in Lagos, Nigeria’s economic hub, the Nigerian leader directed the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to do everything to bring aid the victims.
Earlier this year, the Nigeria Meteorological Agency listed Katsina as one of the states that would experience heavy downpours and potential flooding in 2018.
