No fewer than three persons were feared killed in flood that occurred at Adamami village in Shira Lical Government Area of Bauchi State during a downpour which lasted for about 14 hours between Sunday evening and Monday.
Daily Independent gathered that the downpour wrecked monumental havoc in the area as no fewer than 200 houses were brought down, with about 3,000 hectares of farmlands washed away.
The flood, it was learnt, completely submerged the whole village, leaving villagers stranded.
Some residents told journalists that they had terrible experience throughout the duration of the rain, adding that they could not sleep all through the night, adding that they had to mobilise themselves with a view to rescuing women and children as well as those trapped in collapsed houses in the village.
One of the villagers, Aminu Bala, who spoke to journalists on Tuesday on telephone, seriously lamented the loss of lives and damages done by the 14-hour downpour.
Bala said the rain that led to heavy flooding in the village wrecked serious havoc in the village and informed that almost 85 percent of the houses in the village, mostly mud buildings, collapsed due to the flooding.
He added that many farmlands belonging to the villagers were washed away.
“No fewer than 3,000 hectares of farmlands were washed away with the crops on them. Our major occupation here is farming and unfortunately, we have lost most of our farmlands to this flood,” Bala stated.
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He decried what he described as the state government’s nonchalant attitude to the plights of people in Adamami and surrounding communities, adding that the people have been experiencing flooding in the area for almost two weeks.
He then called on the state government to come to the aid of the residents in the affected communities in order to alleviate their plights.
He further appealed to Nigerians to keep the villagers in prayers for divine interventions, adding that kindhearted people should come forward to assist them in whatever way they can to put an end to the sufferings.
Credit: www.independent.ng
