The Bauchi State Police Command has warned residents, particularly parents and guardians, against taking shelter under trees during heavy rainfall after a windstorm killed two children and injured two others in Bashe Village, on the outskirts of Burra in Ningi Local Government Area of the state.
The command’s spokesperson, Superintendent of Police Nafiu Habib, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday.
Habib disclosed that the Burra Divisional Police Headquarters received a report from the officer-in-charge of the Bashe Police Outstation on Monday that a downpour accompanied by a violent windstorm had hit the village.
According to him, five children — Amina Maharazu, eight; Asiya Tasiu, eight; Samaila Tasiu, 10; Sulaiman M. Rabiu, 12; and Yusuf M. Salmanu, eight — all residents of Bashe Village, had taken shelter under a tree to escape the rain.
He noted that the tree was uprooted by the windstorm and fell on the children.
