3 CHILDREN DROWNED IN A RIVER AT ABAKALIKI.

Three children on Tuesday drowned at the Ebia River
in Egugwu, Agbaja in Abakaliki Local Government Area
of Ebonyi state.

An eye witness, who preferred anonymity, told the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) that the children were living in the same compound
at N0. 19, Ikechukwu Ogbaga Street, Abakaliki.
The source said that two of the children were in primary six, while
the other one was in primary three at Egugwu Agbaja Primary
School.
“The deceased, Kingsley Nwenyi, 12yrs, Obinna Nwenyi, 6yrs, and
Somtochukwu Ogbonna, 11yrs, were drowned when they went to
swim at the river after school.
“The first person jumped into the river and did not come out and
the other two followed suit and were also drowned.
“One of the pupils who also followed them to the river refused to
jump into river and after some time when he did not see them, he
raised the alarm that attracted the attention of villagers who came
to the rescue but did not succeed,’’ the witness said.
It was gathered the mother of the two deceased brothers Kingsley
and Obinna was a widow with nine children,
while Somtochukwu was the last born of four children of the family.