No fewer than 12 persons have been confirmed dead while valuable property were destroyed by flood, which ravaged parts of Ganjuwa and Giade Local Government Areas of Bauchi State.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident occurred in the remote areas of the two councils late on Sunday, following a downpour.
It was learnt that eight persons died at Gulbuk in Giade council area while the remaining four deaths were recorded in Gala-Makera and Galam Baba villages in Ganjuwa council.
A source said that the corpses of the deceased including children were recovered by some good Samaritans in various locations in the affected areas.
Alhaji Aliyu Ahmad, Permanent Secretary, State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), told reporters on Tuesday in Bauchi that a team of experts from the agency had visited the affected areas.
Ahmad said that the team was still in the areas to assess the level of damage and assured that details would be made available to newsmen later.
