Nigeria: Cholera Kills 21 in Sokoto

3 October 2008

Sokoto — No fewer than 21 people have been reported dead in some villages in Kware and Wamakko local government areas of Sokoto State.The breakdown from health officials in the affected local government areas shows that 14 people died in Kware while seven died in Wamakko local government area.

Briefing newsmen in Maruda village of Kware local govern-ment, the health official in charge of a camp created for victims in the area, Malam Aliyu Amadu, said 13 children and an adult died from the disease while the director of health in Wamak-ko local government, Malam Abubakar Mohammed Kaura, confirmed the death of seven people in the area.

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