Lightning kills 4 people, 9 cows in Bauchi

About four people and nine cows were yesterday killed by lightning which struck two communities in Bauchi State. It was gathered that the first incident, which occurred in Soro village, Ganjuwa Local Government Area, left two women and their two children dead.

Speaking to our correspondent yesterday, the husband of the deceased, Saidu Bello said his wives were grinding corn with their babies strapped to their backs when they were struck by lightning, which killed them immediately.

The area development officer of Ganjuwa East, Mohammed Dabo also confirmed the incident.

"When we heard about the tragic incident, we visited the house of the deceased and commiserated with the family because the man has only these two wives who lost their lives as a result of the lightning," Dabo said.

"We have written a letter to the Ganjuwa Local Government Area and the state government for immediate attention."

In another tragedy, a family of cattle rearers lost some of their herd when lightning which struck at Dungulbi village of Bauchi Local Government Area killed 9 cows which belonged to one Hardo Mohammed Musa.

Mr Muhammadu said he had sent his boys to take the animals, which numbered about 70, for grazing.

"Unfortunately they ran back home to inform me about the incident and by the time I got there, 9 out of the cows were lying dead," he said.

Safe boundaries

Meanwhile the state governor, Isa Yuguda has called on the National Boundary Commission (NBC) to provide social amenities to border communities along Bauchi and Jigawa states. He urged the commission to provide social amenities such as schools, roads and health centres to the border communities that lack such amenities.

He, however commended the commission for involving local government chairmen and the traditional rulers within affected areas in resolving boundary issues which he said had reduced boundary disputes.

Mr Yuguda, however, stressed that there were still some grey areas that required more attention towards peaceful resolution of the disputes and called on the commission to continue to collaborate with the affected state governments and communities towards finding lasting solution to the lingering disputes.

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