Buhari Visits Bauchi State Over 💨Windstorm, Market 🔥Fire

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Bauchi on a condolence visit to the state. The aircraft conveying the President touched down at the Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa International Airport, Bauchi at about 9:30 am on Thursday. President Buhari was welcomed to the state by Governor Muhammed Abubakar and the Speaker of Bauchi State House of Assembly, Kawuwa Damina.


He was also received by the Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr Mustapha Maihaja, as well as the Secretary to the Bauchi State Government, Mr Mohammed Nadada, among other top government officials. President Buhari is in Bauchi to sympathise with the government and people of the state over the recent tragic incidents that occurred in the state.

On Saturday last week, at least two persons were killed and several others injured in a heavy windstorm in the north-eastern state. The windstorm, which lasted for over an hour, also damaged several houses blowing off roofs and destroying fences in Bauchi metropolis and its environs.