1 Resident Dies, 7 Others Injured In Jigawa Building Collapse

One idiosyncratic has been confirmed dormant and 7 others sustaining injuries aft a gathering collapsed astatine Kabak Village, Kirikasamma section authorities country of Jigawa State.

The mud location collapsed connected Sunday pursuing torrential rainfall successful the area.

LEADERSHIP reports that the incidental occurred successful 1 of the areas predicted by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) to acquisition flooding this year.

Spokesperson of Jigawa State Police Command, SP Shisu Lawal confirmed the incident.

SP Lawal added that those rescued from the illness were taken to Kirikasamma General Hospital for aesculapian attention.

He further stated that the Commissioner of Police of the Command, CP Dahiru Muhammad urged the radical to beryllium vigilant and conscious of the structural information of their houses, peculiarly during this play of dense rainfall.

“We are advising radical to debar surviving successful houses whose information they cannot guarantee, to debar premature decease oregon injuries,” the PPRO said.

Also confirming the incident, Senior Special Assistant connected New Media and Publicity to the Chairman of Kirikasamma LGA, Muhammad Bamai, revealed that 2 of the 7 radical admitted for aesculapian attraction were discharged from the infirmary connected Monday.

Bamai added that the Hon. Marma had besides paid a condolence sojourn to the household of the deceased and besides visited those admitted to the hospital.

The chairman, who described the incidental arsenic precise unfortunate, urged the victims’ families to judge it arsenic an enactment of destiny.

Marma besides advised radical to debar gathering connected waterways and to stay vigilant astir the structural information of their homes to forestall specified unfortunate incidents.

The assembly president besides donated the sum of N500,000 for the aesculapian expenses of the victims and an further N100,000 to the household of the deceased.