Heavy downpour at Gidan Kaura village in Rijiya district of Gusau local government area of Zamfara state has resulted to the death of two (2) persons, collapse of over 100 housing structures and destruction of millions of naira farm products in the area.
It was gathered that two people lost their lives after they were whisked away by flood as a result of torrential rainfall which lasted for about five hours on Saturday night.
Confirming the incident today, the District head of Rijiya Mallam Umar Ibrahim disclosed that many people were rendered homeless while properties worth millions of naira including farm products were destroyed.
“It was a terrible experience we have witnessed heavy downpour at Gidan Kaura village 2 people died,many were rendered homeless as a result of the flood” the District head added.
The District Head lamented that at Rijiya town,over 100 houses have collapsed following torrential rain and that properties including farm products were equally destroyed.
Mallam Umar said, many people from communities of Gidan Kaura were now taking shelter at their neibouring villages due to lack of alternative shelter at their village.
While appealing to the authorities for help, the District head appealed to come to their aid and construct the only road that link Gusau witj Rijiya town and other neighbouring villages.
He explained that the project which was awarded by the previous administration had commenced before it was abandoned by the contractor.
