Heavy rainfall has killed five people and destroyed thousands of houses and farm products worth millions of naira across various towns and villages in seven local government areas in Jigawa State.
Reports from the state indicate that the intense rainfall has also washed away highways linking the northwest and northeastern parts of the country, as well as some federal and state roads and culverts across the state.
Findings by Tribune Online in the state revealed that three girls, aged between 12 and 15, drowned in a pond at Tulla village, while a father and his son lost their lives when a building collapsed on them at Madabe village, both in Buji Local Government Area.
Tribune Online also gathered that thousands of families in Auyo, Buji, Gwaram, Kafin Hausa, Malam Madori, Taura, and Hadejia Local Government Areas are affected, with hundreds of hectares of farmland flooded by overflowing rivers in these areas.
The flooding has severed the highway connecting northwest and northeast states at Malawan Babaldu village in Birnin Kudu Local Government Area, disrupting access to Gombe, Bauchi, Plateau, Adamawa, and Taraba states.
In a statement issued by ASC Badruddeen Tijjani Mahmud, the Public Relations Officer of the Jigawa State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), motorists travelling to Kano, Katsina, Sokoto, Kebbi, and Zamfara states were advised to seek alternative routes due to the disruption.
According to the PRO’s statement, “The major highway connecting Birnin Kudu to Malawa, Babaldu, and neighbouring states, including Gombe, Bauchi, Plateau, Adamawa, and Taraba, has been completely submerged and cut off by floodwaters, making travel difficult.”
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