Residents of Potiskum town in Yobe State have continued to express concern about the deplorable conditions of some graveyards in the ancient town as the rainy season intensifies.
According to Abdullahi Mamman, one of the concerned citizens, “the condition of graveyards in Potiskum is becoming a source of concern to the citizens, whenever it rains death bodies are exposed due to flooding.”
As floods continue to ravage communities, graveyards in the town were not spared, causing graves to be washed away, sparking a community effort in which donated trucks of sand and other materials were used to rebury exposed dead bodies.
To this end, the residents are urging the government to intervene as a matter of urgent public importance as, “graveyard is everyone’s final destination, if we ignore to repair it, one day we will find ourselves deposited there in such a deplorable conditions.”
Efforts to contact the Executive Chairman of Potiskum Local Government Council proved abortive, as he was said to have been out of town for official engagement.
Checks showered that there are eight graveyards in Potiskum town and all of them need to be rehabilitated.