{"id":8121,"date":"2013-08-11T00:44:43","date_gmt":"2013-08-11T00:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/horror-flood-unearths-corpses-in-kano-cemetery\/"},"modified":"2013-08-11T00:44:43","modified_gmt":"2013-08-11T00:44:43","slug":"horror-flood-unearths-corpses-in-kano-cemetery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/horror-flood-unearths-corpses-in-kano-cemetery\/","title":{"rendered":"Horror: Flood unearths corpses in Kano cemetery"},"content":{"rendered":"
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No fewer than 20 corpses were unearthed at the Yan Kaba Cemetery in Kano metropolis, northern Nigeria following floods which occurred after a heavy rainfall.<\/p>\n

The flood occurred on Friday night after a down pour in the city.<\/p>\n

A resident of the area, Malam Audullahi Musa told NAN on Saturday in Kano that the corpses were discovered outside the cemetery in the morning by the residents of the area.<\/p>\n

“At the moment there are 20 corpses awaiting reburial at the cemetery,\u2019\u2019 he told NAN.<\/p>\n

Musa called on people of the area to come out and assist to rebury the corpses, to avoid possible outbreak of diseases.<\/p>\n

The Executive Secretary of the State Emergency Relief and Rehabilitation Board, Alhaji Ali Bashir, confirmed the incident in an interview with NAN.<\/p>\n

He also said that the flood affected some houses in the metropolis.<\/p>\n

Bashir said that the agency had deployed some officials to the area to ascertain the situation.<\/p>\n

NAN reported that the flood killed one person and destroyed 434 houses.<\/p>\n

Flood on Friday killed one person and destroyed 434 houses following a heavy rainfall in Kano metropolis.<\/p>\n

Bashir said the deceased died after he fell in Katsaiki River at Darmanawa in Kumbotso local Government area of the state.<\/p>\n

He said out of the affected houses, 408 were destroyed in Kano metropolis while the remaining 26 houses were located in Dawakin-Tofa local government area.<\/p>\n

He said the state Deputy Governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, had directed the agency to take all the pictures of the affected houses and assess the extent of damage caused to property.<\/p>\n

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