The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Jigawa Command, has confirmed the drowning of a 15-year-old boy, Sunusi Abubakar, in a pond.
The command’s spokesperson, ASC Badaruddeen Tijjani, confirmed the incident in a statement in Dutse on Wednesday.
Tijjani said that Abubakar, a resident of Gabari village in Chamo district, drowned on Tuesday while swimming in a pond in the area.
He said that the deceased was discovered lifeless inside a pond locally referred to as ‘Mahayin gidan Toro’, located about 1.5 kilometers to the north of Gabari village. (NAN)
‘Prior to the discovery, the shoes and trousers of the deceased were seen abandoned by the pond bank.
‘And according to his father, the deceased went to swim in the pond at about 5 pm but failed to return home.
‘A search was immediately initiated by the community until the body was eventually discovered,’ he said.
The Jigawa NSCDC image maker added that the body of the deceased, which showed no trace of injury, was handed over to his parents for burial.