No fewer than 150 houses in eight communities in Dadin-Kowa town, Yamaltu/Deba Local Government Area of Gombe State were early this week destroyed by heavy windstorm and accompanying rain.
According to the Chief Information Officer in the Palace of the Emir of Dadin-Kowa, Adamu Mohammed Mijinyawa, few persons were reported to have sustained various degrees of injuries as a result of the havoc where the walls of some buildings fell on some of the residents.
He told Journalists who went to see the level of destruction in Dadin-Kowa Wednesday that, two days after the incident and with the high number of those affected, neither the Gombe State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) nor the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and other authorities in the State had visited to see for themselves the level of damage.
He said none of the authorities have made any move to alleviate the sufferings of the people, many of whom have lost many valuables in the incident that lasted for almost two hours on Monday night, between 10 and 11pm.
He enumerated the communities affected to include, Dadin-kowa town itself, Dukkum, Garin Sarki, Unguwan Yelwa, Hinna, Tashan Hinna and Unguwan Hawa-Hawa.
Rabi Sallau, one of the victims who has a fractured hand as a result dire need of assistance. She said they are now taking refuge in a neighbour’s house and called on the authorities to come to their aid.
