No fewer than three (3) people have been swept away by flood in Zaria, Kaduna State
An eyewitness, Mustapha Badamasi, who disclosed this to Newsmen said a corpse was recovered from the flood while at least two people are still missing.
Speaking further, he said the recovered corpse was identified to be that of Yusuf Surajo known as Abba.
While that of a woman identified as Fatima Sani Danmarke and her 3-year-old baby are still missing as well as a motorcyclist.
“The unfortunate incident occurred on the main Gaskiya road near a church in Tudun Jukun where water submerged the big drainage by the road side,” the eyewitness said.
The eyewitness narrated that the motorcyclist was carrying a woman and her 3-year-old baby after the rain subsided when the bike hit the edge of the road drainage and almost fell into the drainage.
The woman however quickly jumped from the bike and while attempting to cross the drainage by foot she slipped and fell along with the baby on her back and were instantly swept away by the speeding water.
Meanwhile the good Samaritan who rushed to the scene dived into the water in an attempt to rescue the victims was also swept away.
However, Imam Mallam Musa Umar Al mishawi who led the funeral prayer of the recovered corpse at kwarin Dangoma said the deceased sustained an injury on his forehead.
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