As the death toll from the Jos crisis continues to rise, bizarre cases of deaths have been recorded.
One of such death is that of a yet-to-be identified woman, who corpse was found hanging on a banana tree with her baby strapped to her back after the waters receded.
Another sad death is that of seven siblings who were washed away by the flood, five of them later found dead while the two others are still missing.
Another family lost four children, and a man said he was yet to find his wife and kids.
The community leader of Tudun Osi ,Malam Abubakar Mahmud, said over 50 people from the area were still missing.
The father of the 7 children who were washed away was traumatised and could not speak to our correspondent.
But his wife Indo explained how the flood started.
“I was asleep when my husband woke me up and I saw water everywhere,” she told Daily Trust.
“By the time I ran to the room where my boys were sleeping I couldn’t find them because the wall had collapsed. My husband also tried to enter but he discovered the flood had gone with them.”
Indo said six of the seven children where hers while the other was her nephew.
Another man, Malam Yahaya Ibrahim, a father of six, said he was able to rescue two of his children while four were washed away by the flood right before his eyes.
He said by a streak of luck, one room in his house was not submerged and it was there he and other family members took refuge till morning.
Ado Banchi said he saw a lot of people screaming as the flood took them away but he could not save them.
“I was able to move my family to the upstairs house on the hill and I could see people screaming for their lives. I wanted to go down and help them but my family wouldn’t let me. The water was very powerful and moving very fast, if I had gone, I probably may not have survived it,” he said.
most of those displaced by the flood are now taking shelter at the Muslim Community Education Centre, Rikkos as well as the LEA Primary School, Gangare.
At least 35 people have been confirmed dead and 50 others declared missing yesterday after flood destroyed hundreds of homes late on Sunday in three communities of Jos.
Naijalog report