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Two Children of the Same Parents Drown in Ebonyi State

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11 years ago

April 16, 2014

Two children of the same parents drowned in a pond at Enwugba village in Abakaliki Local Government Area of Ebonyi.
According to the eyewitness, 6-year-old Jideofor and 4-year-old Chinecherem went to the pond to draw water.
Chinecherem’s container slipped off her hand and while trying to rescue it, the girl lost her footing and fell into the pond.
Jideofor, who saw what had happened, rushed to help sister but also slipped and drowned.
The father of the children, Pius Mbam, who resides in Enugu, expressed grief over their death.
He said he received a call to come home only to see the bodies of his two beloved children.
“If there had been any elderly person at the pond, the water would not have drowned my children,” he lamented.
The Chairman of Abakaliki Local Government Area, Batholomey Ottah, gave the assurance that the council would dig a borehole for the community before the end of April to address the water scarcity in the area.