About 115 houses have reportedly been destroyed by floods in village of Butuku-Babba Bodinga Local Government area in Sokoto. The Director General of the Sokoto Emergency Management Agency has made an urgent call for assistance to Nigerians to assist the victims of the flood.
The director General disclosed that a technical committee had already assessed the extent of damage to the village. It is based on this report that a plea was sent to Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal to provide relief materials.
The victims of the disaster cried out that they had received no relief materials from the government and their plight grows worse by the day.