The Director of Primary Healthcare of Bujawa town in Mani LGA of Katsina state, has confirmed that a strange illness has hit a town in the state, sending residents in fear.

A strange ailment suspected to be 'brule ulcers' has hit Bujawa town in Mani local government of Katsina state were about 14 persons are affected while one has died.

DailyTrust reports that fear has gripped the town and its neighbouring communities over the outbreak of the disease.

Confirming the outbreak, the Director of Primary Healthcare of the LGA, Abdurahman Auwal Bindawa, said this is an unknown thing to us but we suspect it to be brule ulcers.

“All I can say for now is that it is one of the national tropical disease; there is no lab test so we cannot confirmed it,” he said.

According to him, the matter has been reported to state and other development partners noting that “this is the first of its kind in this local government.”

“Currently we are expecting a team of experts to come and do proper analysis and diagnosis to know how infectious it is.

“One person started it before it spread to 14 others and one has died,” he added.

He further said: “The disease is taking different dimensions on different people; for some, it affects their legs, thigh, back or hands and for women on their breasts like a cancer.

“It presents itself differently to different sexes, we need to have full details.”