File photo: Kano State Map
The Kano State Emergency Management Agency has confirmed that five people, not eight, died in last week’s rainstorm that ravaged Bichi Local Government Area of the state.
The Executive Secretary of the agency, Alhaji Isyaku Kubarachi, disclosed this in a telephone interview with The PUNCH on Thursday, clarifying reports on the number of casualties recorded during the disaster.
“Five persons lost their lives in Bichi as a result of the rainstorm, not eight as erroneously reported by some media outlets,” he said.
Kubarachi explained that officials of the agency visited the affected community to assess the extent of the damage before confirming the casualty figure.
