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From Desmond Mgboh, Kano
A fiery rainstorm, Thursday, wreaked havoc on the premises of the headquarters of the Nigeria Police in Kano, destroying properties estimated in millions of Naira.
The tragedy is coming barely a few months after the same headquarters, situated at Bompai area in the state capital , was gutted by a fire that razed almost half of its offices and destroyed its properties.
The rain, which fell for the second time in the state capital this year, started off with a storm at about 2.30 pm and lasted for about forty minutes.
Daily Sun observed at the headquarters that about half of the new roofing sheets on the main building were blown off, with some of the sheets forcefully landing on top of vehicles parked by officers on duty.
Also affected was the main gate to the police headquarters, one of which was forcefully yanked off from its concrete pillar and thrown overboard.
Although no life was lost or injury sustained, the storm fell a number of electric poles and cut off wires within the premises, resulting in immediate cut of power supply and slow down of activities at the headquarters.
One of the carpenters employed to clear the mess told Daily Sun that it was wrong to blame the tragedy on the quality of wood used in re-roofing the building by the contractors.
He said the sheets were blown off because the doors and windows have not been fixed to the rehabilitated building, adding that winds gathered within the building through these spaces and blew off the sheets.
Kano State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa could not be reached for comment, but most officers at the headquarters described the incident as unfortunate.
