Three persons were feared killed in yet another circle of flood that occurred at Adamami village in Shira Local Government Area of Bauchi State during a heavy downpour which lasted for about 14 hours between Sunday evening and Monday.
LEADERSHIP reports that the heavy 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.
He said 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 LEADERSHIP on Tuesday via the telephone, seriously lamented the loss of lives and damages done by the 14-hour heavy downpour.
Bala said the rain that led to the heavy flood in the village washed away about 85 per cent of the mud houses in the village.
He said many farmlands belonging to the villages were washed away, destroying crops.
“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.
He decried what he described as the state government’s nonchalant attitude to the plights of people in Adamami and surrounding communities, adding the people have been experiencing flooding in the area for almost two weeks now.
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.
“All we are appealing for is to have a heavy-duty machine like an excavator to come and dig a way for the water to go through.
“Unfortunately, all the appeals lodged to the appropriate authorities have not been treated and all our cries are to no avail,” he said.
