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Six Students of Government Secondary School Fadan Chawai, have drowned in Mbang river , Ribang (Mbang) village, Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
The victims according to the report, drowned at about 5.30 pm on Tuesday while returning from writing Junior WAEC Exam .
The victims Involved in the tragic incident were identified as Manasseh Monday (16 yrs), Musa John (16 yrs), Pius David (15 yrs), Monday Ayuba (16 yrs), David Danlami (19 yrs), and Yahuza Audu (16 yrs)
Pastor Simon Ishaku, the National Public Relations Officer of Ribang Development Association, who confirmed the incident to PUNCH Online via a telephone on Wednesday, disclosed that three dead bodies have already been recovered and buried amidst tears.
Speaking further, he said as of now, three bodies have been recovered from the river while the remaining three is still missing
“The school children left their homes full of hope and excitement while their parents went to the farm with the hope of reuniting with them after writing their papers of the day, only to meet their untimely death.” Pastor Ishaku stressed
“The Mbang river has been a death trap for our people over the years, noting before the community can access any school or any hospital facility they’ve to travel for about 8 kilometres.
“We’re calling on the Federal Government, Governor Uba Sani, Senator Sunday Katung and our House of Representative members as a matter of urgency, to kindly assist us with school, hospital, access road and bridge in order to bring succour to our community,” Simon appealed.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Kaduna State Command, ASP Mansir Hassan, did not respond to calls and text messages sent to him by our Correspondent as of the time of filing this report.
When contacted, the Zonal Coordinator, of Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency Zone One, Mubarak Muhammad, said he would confirm the incident and get back to our correspondent
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