Flood Digs Out 20 Corpses In Kano Cemetery

No fewer than 20 corpses were unearthed at the
Yan Kaba Cemetery in Kano metropolis following
floods which occurred after a heavy rain fall.
The flood occurred on Friday night after a down
pour in the city.
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.
"At the moment there are 20 corpses awaiting
reburial at the cemetery,'' he said.
Musa called on people of the area to come out
and assist to rebury the corpses, to avoid
possible outbreak of diseases.
The Executive Secretary of the State Emergency
Relief and Rehabilitation Board, Alhaji Ali Bashir,
confirmed the incident in an interview with NAN.
He also said that the flood affected some houses
in the metropolis.
Bashir said that the agency had deployed some
officials to the area to ascertain the situation.