Edo: Two children drown in floodwatersite

Two children person mislaid their lives aft drowning successful a floodwater postulation tract connected Erediauwa Street, disconnected Sapele Road, successful Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State.

It was gathered that the incidental happened connected Sunday.

According to eyewitness account, 4 children had been playing adjacent the designated floodwater transmission erstwhile they accidentally slipped into the muddy pool.

While 2 of the children were retrieved without signs of life, the remaining 2 were rescued and taken to a adjacent hospital, wherever they were successfully revived.

According to the witness, the country was constructed to cod excess floodwater and was not considered a harmless spot for children to play owed to its muddy and slippery condition.

“No 1 expected children to beryllium astir that spot. It is meant for flood control, and the mud made it precise dangerous,” the root said.

Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the Edo State Police Command, Eno Ikoedem, said exigency responders were instantly deployed aft the study was received.

She explained that 2 of the children ...