Three more corpses have been recovered from the scenes of the rainstorm that wrecked havoc in Rafin Sanyi in Suleja Local Government Area of Niger State , bringing the death toll to ten.
The Chairman of the LGA , Abdullahi Maje , disclosed this in an update on Saturday.
Seven dead bodies had earlier been recovered following the torrential rains which occurred on Friday night in the area .
Maje said the search operation was being conducted by a combined team of the Nigeria Police Force , the Niger State Emergency Management Agency and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps , among others .
He said the three corpses had already been deposited at the Sabon Wuse General Hospital morgue .
“ The search operation is ongoing and I appeal to members of the public , especially those residing around Unguwar Gwari, Rafin Sanyi , to support and cooperate with the search team for the success of the exercise, ” he said .
He warned that the local government would not tolerate the erection of structures on waterways as the practice was contributing to the flooding of the area .
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