The Nigerian Correctional Services has evacuated the Bagudo Prison, in Bagudo Local Government Area of Kebbi State, after it became flooded.
The floods, which began two weeks ago following heavy rains, has been wreaking havoc in 11 of the state’s 21 Local Government Areas claiming lives, destroying property and cutting off several communities from the state capital, Birnin Kebbi.
Chairman of Bagudo LGA, Muhammad Kaura Danhakimi, told journalists that the inmates were relocated on Friday, September 11, to the Birnin Kebbi Correctional Centre.
Danhakimi said the floods had also sacked the Tugga Airport.
Reports further said that many houses were destroyed, livestock and farmlands submerged and residents relocated to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in the Local Government.
It was also learnt that the Kebbi State Government is considering closing an international highway in Birnin Kebbi linking Nigeria and Niger Republic following the threat of damage by flood.
Some of the minor bridges and culverts along the highway are caving in, following erosion caused by rising water overflowing the nearby Rima River.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Muhammad Sabo Nanono, yesterday, pledged the Federal Government’s assistance for thousands of farmers whose farms were destroyed by the floods.
The minister appealed to farmers not to be deterred by the havoc, but to swing back into food production, when the water recedes.
Governor Bagudu, who earlier visited and commiserated with hundreds of IDPs whose houses and property were destroyed by the floods in several hard hit communities of Bagudo and Kende, directed immediate provision of food, water and construction of additional toilets.
He also promised that those whose homes could not be rebuilt when the flood waters recede, would be relocated.
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