By records, no fewer than 2,000 people have been displaced in some communities in the Baruten and Kaiama local government areas of Kwara as a result of serious havoc wreaked by heavy rainstorm in the areas.

The devastation has forced many victims of the natural disaster to seek refuge in mosques, shops, with their neighbours, while some other temporarily sleep in their animal pen.

In Sinawu village in the Baruten local government, over 1, 000 people were rendered homeless, when a heavy storm on Sunday destroyed over 150 houses in the Nigeria-Benin Republic border village.

The storms, which the victims described as devastating, demolished a newly built house, which the owner, Mr Mohammed Guruma claimed had gulped millions of naira among other affected houses.

The heavy wind blow, which fell some trees on houses, also affected some public utilities in the village to include the roof of the only public primary school in the community.

It as well uprooted some electric poles which had put the communities along the border route into total blackout.

Religious houses were not left out in the devastation that the victims said had crippled their means of living as two churches collapsed during the rainstorm and blew off the roof of others with a number of mosques affected.

Mr Abu Galadima, who spoke on behalf of the victims pleaded for an immediate assistance from government as well as support from the well-to-know individuals in the community and beyond.

"We really need an urgent help to ameliorate our sufferings. This is the time we need people around us most. We are sad; we have lost a lot of things to this devastation.

"It could take our lives, if nothing is done urgently because the storm has taken our belongings away", the victim, who spoke with tears decried.

In Kosubosu, the headquarters of the Baruten local government area, close to two hundred victims had earlier been affected which included a resident of a childless octogenarian woman, Mrs Kumbayeruma Gaaku.

Gaaku said she had been taken refuge in her animal pen, noting that she could not afford to roof the building again.

She stated that she had been living from hand to mouth because there was no child to cater for her.

The octogenarian sought the assistance of both the state and local government in alleviating the plight that the disaster had put them into.

Other communities affected in the Baruten local government include Gure, Yashikira, Shiya, Subayo and Alafiaru among others.

In Kaiama local government, over 300 residents of Kemanji village were displaced by a heavy wind blow.

Making a case for the victims of the Kemanji disaster, the Kwara House of Assembly urged the state government to provide succour to many residents of the community, who were displaced by the rainstorm.

This followed the revelation of the plight of the victims by Alhaji Mande Umar (APC), representing Banni-Adena Constituency under matters of urgent public importance.

Umar had urged the assembly to take an urgent steps to ameliorate their sufferings.

Meanwhile, during an on spot assessment of the affected places, the chairman of Baruten local government area, Mallam Mohammed Omar-Bio rallied for support from the state government for the victims of the rainstorm in his council area.

The council boss described the destruction as pathetic and devastating and pleaded with the state government to provide succour to the victims through relief incentives.

The local government chief also appealed to well-to-do sons and daughters and those at the National Assembly to come to the aid of the victims. Omar-Bio, who passionately called on political office holders from the area to come to the rescue of the victims, said that was the best time that the people needed them most.

He explained that many lives would be saved through their immediate intervention and provision of necessary succour to the affected people.