A rainstorm on Wednesday destroyed parts of Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State, including its Secretariat.
The rainstorm also affected many houses and other structures in the Bukuru community.
The Chairman of Jos South LGA, Silas Patrick Dung, confirmed the development to newsmen in Jos, saying, “the storm was powerful, uprooting the entire four columns holding the Secretariat gatehouse and destroying some homes in the community.”
He explained that for the storm to destroy the Council Secretariat gate built with a 25mm rod shows it was such a powerful rainstorm.
Dung said that he visited the affected areas with officials from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), saying that about six houses were destroyed, several others had roofs blown off, and fences were damaged.