UPDATED: Windstorm Kills 5, Injures 3 People at Northeast Trade Fair in Bauchi

By Adamu IMAM Bauchi 

UPDATED: Windstorm Kills 5, Injures 3 People at Northeast Trade Fair in Bauchi

By Adamu IMAM Bauchi 

As a result of heavy downpour, windstorm on Saturday night five people were confirmed dead and three sustained various injuries at the just concluded Northeast Trade fair in Bauchi state

Confirming the incident the public relations officer Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital Bauchi, Usman Abdullahi Koli says they recieved six 6 bodies of victims which three of them dies at the arrival to the trauma center of the hospital, while three 3 receiving treatment currently

"It is true we received certain number of casualties from the scene of the incident unfortunately 2 were brought in dead died on the spot there had severe injuries from the head to the abdomen and they die shortly after arrival and the we have three patients with multiple fructured and they are receiving treatment and gradually improving" 

"Once our medical team concluded their report we provide an update, but at the moment this is what we have on ground"

Some of the eyewitness who occupying some of the attachment shops there at the trade fair lamented on the buildings of the structured destroyed by the windstorm says is substandard used materials by the contractors, while other says is the act of God that leads to the death of the victims

In his response the state commissioner of commerce and Industry Mahmood Baba Ma'aji who is also in charge of the trade fair confirmed the destruction caused by heavy rain fall and windstorm around eight 8:30 to nine 9 pm on Saturday night, 

"this incident occurred around 8 o'clock yesterday it was due to heavy downpour and strong windstorm that occured, and the state government is not happy with what had happened and the is the work of God is not something that you put the blame on a contractor or any individuals so this has happened and also affected some part of the metropolis"

"Certainly the trade fair has closed about a week or so now, and people are still doing some little businesses there is not is not those that participated fully there occupied those places involved in this tragedy , the people should now leave the place the government has asked them to leave the place so they take a stand on it" he said

"I was there last night government have put effort together with the support of state emergency management SEMA and the fire service officials they were the ones rescued the injured ones and those that lost their lives instantly, he added