Man, son killed in Jigawa building collapse

Man, son killed in Jigawa building collapse

Two people have lost their lives after a building collapsed in Jigawa State.

The incident happened at Madabe village in Buji Local Government are of the north-west State.

Local Government officials confirmed the incident, saying the deceased persons are 30-year-old man and his two-year-old son

The council’s Information Officer, Alhaji Ali Safiyanu, confirmed the information to newsmen in Dutse on Monday.

He disclosed that the 25-year-old mother of the boy survived the incident which happened on Sunday night.

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Safiyanu said that the surviving mother is responding to treatment at an undisclosed hospital.

According to him, the collapse of the building was caused by a heavy downpour.

Also speaking, Badaruddeen Tijjani, the spokesman of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, in the state, confirmed the incident but could not immediately give the names of the deceased and the survivor.

Tijjani said investigation had since commenced into the incident.

Recall that flood wreaked havoc between Thursday and Sunday in some villages in the area, displacing about 400 households and destroying about 1,000 farms.

The State Management Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, had already distributed relief items to the displaced persons camped in one of the schools in the area.

Man, son killed in Jigawa building collapse