Three persons died and crops worth millions of naira were washed away by flood in Hayin Gwarmai, Bebeji Local Government of Kano State, after Sunday’s rain.
Council Chairman Mudansiru Bebeji told reporters yesterday that the flood also washed away farmlands and houses.
He has paid a sympathy visit to victims, and called on governments to aid the victims.
“We are calling on the federal and Kano State government to assist the victims to reduce their suffering,” he said.
Director, Operations, Kano State Emergency Relief and Rehabilitation Agency (SERERA), Abdullahi Dambatta, said the agency had not received any official report on the incident.
Dambatta, however, said as soon as the agency got the report, it would forward same to the government for action.