Dutse — No fewer than five people were confirmed dead, while over 100 others were hospitalised, following the cholera outbreak in Buji and Gwaram local government areas of Jigawa State.

Confirming the incident to the LEADERSHIP, the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Ibrahim Nashabaru said, all the deaths were reported from Gantsa Town which is the headquarters of Buji Local Government Area.

He noted that since they received the report of the outbreak, the state and local government have combined efforts to curb the situation by providing free medical assistance to the affected victims along with massive sensitisation campaigns at various places of worship on preventive measures to be taken by a victim.

"Presently, the situation is under control as we have no single case at the hospital as I am speaking to you now, therefore there is no cause for alarm. "According to the report we have compiled on the outbreak, it showed that the disease was imported from Bauchi State," Nahsabaru said.

Meanwhile, reports from the area revealed that several deaths had occured, mostly affected are residents of Buji where the estimated death has exceeded five. Also similar cases of cholera outbreak had also been reported at Hadejia and Birnin-Kudu Local Government Area of the state where undisclosed number of deaths had been recorded.