No fewer than 17 persons have been injured and rendered homeless following a heavy downpour in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital.
Dr. Mohammed Goje, Executive Secretary Yobe Emergency Management Agency, (SEMA), disclosed this to newsmen in Damaturu on Sunday.
He said the incident, which occurred at 12:30 midnight on Sunday, also resulted in flooding in communities within the metropolis, leading to building collapse.
Among the injured victims, according to him, were 6 adults, 7 children, as well as 4 infants.
“Around 12:30 midnight on Sunday after a heavy rainfall in Damaturu, which resulted in flooding in communities behind white House and Ali Marami areas, Yobe SEMA received a distress call of a building collapse with children and infants trapped in the collapsed building.
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