A teenage boy whose name was yet to be disclosed was reported to have been killed by a windstorm that destroyed about 300 houses at Nwala-Jan Gahe in Katsina State.
The incident according to reports also left about five other persons with bone fractures.
The Executive Secretary of Katsina State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, Dr. Aminu Waziri, who confirmed the incident, said the teen died when he ran out of his parents’ house as a result of the wind, which blew off the roof of their house, causing confusion among the occupants.
According to Waziri the agency had already carried out cautionary intervention of providing the displaced persons with food stuffs, adding that assessment was on to ascertain level of damage and losses suffered by each individual. He said government will provide relief materials for the affected persons.
