Officials of Buji Local Government Area of Jigawa State, on Monday, confirmed the loss of life of a 30-year-old man alongside his two-year-old son in a constructing collapse in Madabe village.
The council’s Information Officer, Ali Safiyanu, who confirmed the tragedy to newsmen in Dutse on Monday, mentioned the 25-year-old mom of the boy survived the tragic incident.
According to Safiyanu, the mom is responding to therapy at an undisclosed hospital, explaining {that a} downpour on Sunday evening led to the collapse of the constructing.
The spokesman for the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps within the state, Badaruddeen Tijjani, additionally confirmed the incident however couldn’t instantly give the names of the deceased and the survivor.
Tijjani mentioned an investigation had since commenced into the incident.
Recall that floods wreaked havoc between Thursday and Sunday in some villages within the space, displacing about 400 households and destroying about 1,000 buildings.
Meanwhile, the State Management Emergency Management Agency has distributed aid gadgets to the displaced individuals camped in one of many colleges within the space.
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