Flood kills 7 year-old boy in Sokoto New

Описание: Hundreds of households and farmers have been devastated following a flood disaster in Badau village in Darhela Ward and Butuku in Toma Ward of Bodinga Local Government Area of Sokoto State.

A building also collapsed during the flood, killing seven-year-old Jafar Sani, son of 37-year-old Sani Lumu in one of the villages.

The flood submerged thousands of farmlands, destroyed houses, and ravaged the local market in Dandin-Mahe community of Shagari LGA, leaving residents in distress.

According to preliminary figures, more than 3,000 farmlands were destroyed in Badau and 75 farmlands in Butuku.

Following reports from the Bodinga LGA Council, a joint assessment team from the Sokoto State Emergency Management Agency SEMA and the National Emergency Management Agency NEMA, Sokoto Operations Office, visited the affected communities to ascertain the level of damage.

The delegation was led by the Director of Relief and Rehabilitation, SEMA, Malam Mustapha Umar, with NEMA’s Planning Officer, Sokoto, Tukur Abubakar

The residents of the area appealed to the state and federal governments for urgent assistance to cushion the hardship faced by his people.

The SEMA and NEMA teams assured the communities that their findings would be forwarded to relevant authorities for prompt humanitarian response.

The team also visited flood-affected areas in Shagari LGA where the flood affected four villages, Market, and seventy four farmlands, as well as several damaged

Radio Nigeria in Sokoto reports that the disaster followed a four day torrential downpour that happened at regular intervals in the area.