Tragedy as two children of a widow drown in Rivers State
Tragedy struck at Akiama Community in Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State as two brothers drown£d in a canal on Saturday, February 19.
The siblings, aged 10 and 7, were children of a widow, Mrs. Ogechukwu Thankgod, whose husband, a dealer in interior decoration materials, d!ed about two years ago.
It was gathered that c0rpses of the two children were discovered lying on the mud after the river had ebbed.
The canal runs through from behind the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFMM) through the Akiama Road and evacuates at the Akiama Creek.
According to reports, the culvert across the canal was reconstructed last year in order to contain the flooding causing erosion in the area.
The Director of Pollution at the Bonny Youth Federation (BYF), Ibifubara Allaputa while expressing sadness over the death of the two children, noted with regrets how efforts by the community to discourage children from swimming in the canal was yet to yield results. He warned that henceforth any child caught swimming there will be handed over to the Police.
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