About 30 people have been feared dead following heavy windstorm in Bauchi metropolis and environs late Saturday.
Among places mostly affected include Tirwun, Tudun Salmanu, Railway and Kandahar.
The subsequent rainfall, which lasted several hours, forced Muslim Ummah celebrating Ed-el fitir to retire home for safety.
Shops, domestic animals and businesses were affected in almost all the towns.
DAILY POST reports that several people were rendered homeless.
In Tirwun suburb, Baban Kura told our correspondent that he slept outside with his family after losing the entire house to windstorm.
“I lost everything to the windstorm while my daughter critically injured and now currently bedridden in hospital. However, several people that suffered injury are currently receiving medical treatment in the hospital”, he said.
DAILY POST gathered that a family lost a husband and two children after the entire house sunk. Only the mother escaped.
In the same vein, the staff quarters belonging to railway corporation was seriously affected.
A public commentator, Sani Alamin Muhammad hinted DAILY POST that the several people died while property worth millions were lost.
“I am saddened by this natural disaster because is the first of its kind. I am calling on federal and state governments to intervene to resettle the victims of the windstorm”.
When contacted, DSP Datti Kamal Abubakar, Bauchi state police command spokesman, said: “We have placed our men strategically to curb hoodlums taking advantage of the disaster to loot properties belonging to the victims of the windstorm disaster”.
He added that the command was already assisting other agencies in rescue operation and evacuation.
Spokesman for Bauchi State Emergency Management Agency could not be reached for comments.
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