Three persons were killed during a heavy downpour in Hayin Gwarmai village, Bebeji local government area of Kano State, on Sunday.
Foodstuff and cash crops worth millions of Naira were also washed away by the flood, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
The Chairman of the LGA, Alhaji Mudansiru Bebeji, told journalists in Kano on Monday that the flood washed away several farms in area.
Bebeji said several houses were also destroyed in the flood.
The council chairmen said he had visited victims of the flood and urged the Federal and state governments to come to the aid of the victims.
“We are calling on the Federal Government and the Kano State government to assist the victims to reduce their sufferings,” he said.
The Director, Operations, Kano State Emergency Relief and Rehabilitation Agency (SERERA), Alhaji Abdullahi Dambatta, said the agency has not received any official report on the incident from the local government council.
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