Two missing, travellers stranded as bridge collapses in Bauchi

Two women have reportedly drowned after the vehicle they were traveling in was flooded following the collapse of a bridge at Kadan Maiwa, along the ever-busy Bauchi-Ningi-Kano highway.

Other passengers who were also in the car have been rescued alive.

Rescue efforts are still ongoing at the scene.

The bridge links Bauchi metropolis to Ningi Local Government Area of the state, as well as Jigawa and Kano states.

As a result, many vehicles and hundreds of passengers are stranded, as there is no entry into Ningi LGA to Jigawa or Kano state from Bauchi and vice versa.

Over 250 goats were also said to have died  in the flood that accompanied a downpour that lasted from Thursday night to Friday morning.

The Danburam of Ningi Emirate in Ningi LGA of Bauchi state, Yusuf Danyaya, confirmed the incident to The PUNCH in a telephone interview.

He said that the community woke up on Friday morning [today] to discover the incident, adding that security agents are currently at the place trying to control the situation.

“Yes, the incident is true and as I speak to you, people cannot travel to Bauchi from Ningi; likewise people from Bauchi cannot travel to Ningi up to Kano State from here. The incident is terrible.

“After the bridge linking the roads broke, part of the road, about 30 meters, was washed away by the flood and a pit was created there. The road has been broken into two. It was a serious flood.

“So far, there is a car inside, a Golf brand. There is no way it can be removed at the moment. Two women inside the Golf car got drowned. The remaining people were rescued. One of them had been on top of a tree and it wasn’t long that he was rescued. Punch