Yobe state governor, Mai Mala Buni said on Monday in Damaturu that floods, resulting from many days of torrential rains, have submerged nine communities and cut off Gulani local government area from other parts of the state.
This is contained in a statement by his Director-General, Press and Media Affairs, Mamman Mohammed.
He said a 500-meter road which links Gujba with Gulani, on the borders of Borno and Gombe was washed away by the flood.
The governor said many houses, farmlands and livestock were also submerged.
Buni said he had directed the state’s emergency management agency to access the level of damage and provide relief materials for victims.
He called on the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to also assist the victims in view of the magnitude of the flood.
Meanwhile, Chairman of Gulani local government council, Ilu Dayyabu said more than 100 houses and shops were submerged by flood in Kukawa, Bularafa and Bulunkutu.
He said that a culvert was completely washed away in Bukci, cutting the community away.
Dayyabu said the flood ravaged nine of the 12 wards in the area. They are Sabai, Jibulwa, Bara, Gagure, Kushmega, Garin Tuwo, Teteba, Ruhu and Gulani.
