Flood Cuts off Bauchi - Gombe Federal Highway

AUWAL HASSAN July 01, 2022

From; Ahmad SAKA, Bauchi

Two big culverts along Bauchi -Gombe Federal Highway in Bara village of Kirfi Local Government Area of Bauchi State has been washed away by flood as a result of heavy downpourthat cut off the road and left motorist stranded.

The motorists flying the road from Gombe to Bauchi or from Bauchi to Gombe could no longer pass through the road.The secretary to the Bauchi State Government Barrister Ibrahim Kashim Mohammed and Member Representing Kirfi Constituency in the Bauchi State House of Assembly Abdulkadir Umar Dewu stated this while interacting with reporters in Bauchi.

The flood was part of a heavy downpour from last Thursday evening to Friday morning which cut off the large culvert linking the two roads together.

The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corp, Yusuf Abdullahi, said that the incident happened about 10km away from Bara along Gombe road, pointing out that “no life was lost to the erosion.”

He said that all hands were on deck to recover the road, however, noting that it will take about one week for the road to be fixed and for it to be motorable again. Abdullahi, therefore, advised motorists either travelling or who intend to travel from Bauchi to Gombe or from Gombe to Bauchi through that axis to use alternative routes to get to their destinations.

He said, “There is a failure along the Bauchi-Bara-Gombe road, about 10km away from Bara towards Gombe. What happened is that, that place also gave us a problem last year.

"Yesterday, there was a heavy rainfall throughout the night and as I speak with you now, the road is cut off, it is not passable now. I am presently at the site and the engineer working on the road is also here on the site with me."

The engineer said it will take him up to about one week to fix the road. "For that, we are advising road users to use Gombe-Dukku-Darazo-Bauchi road, for those coming from Adamawa and Gombe axis.