FAMILY OF EIGHT SUSPECTED DEAD IN SULEJA AFTER FLOOD ATTACK

A flood which took after numerous hours of deluge uprooted many homes and caused passings in Suleja, Niger State, on Sunday, witnesses said.

Witnesses said eight individuals from a family unit were suspected to have passed on in the surge which influenced Suleja and Tafa neighborhood government territories of Niger.

The leader of the family unit was said to have survived yet his two spouses and six youngsters were not fortunate.

The New Agency of Nigeria reports that numerous families were influenced with family unit impacts coasting in the water.

Many individuals attempted to bundle water out of their homes.

Mohammed, the District Police Officer accountable for Division "A" Police station in Suleja, couldn't affirm the loss figure however said his men had gone to the surge scenes.

"The surge influenced many individuals who constructed their homes along the waterway bank; many houses have been devastated with unsubstantiated number of passings recorded.

"Police are giving security around the scene with the goal that hooligans won't truck away casualties' property particularly those lying outside," he said.

He guaranteed to outfit more subtle elements on the occurrence.

The National Emergency Management Agency was not likewise ready to give subtle elements.

In the mean time, Abdulkareem Samanja, the Village Head of Hayin Nasarawa-Iku in the adjacent Tafa Local Government Area criticized the loss of property.

He said he was all the while anticipating report from ward heads on the episode.

At Suleja General Hospital, Musliu Mohammed, a 17-year-old kid, recouped from the surge and brought into the healing center by sympathizers, was put on confirmation