The spokesperson of the Nigeria Security and CIVIL Defence Corps (NSCDC)
Jigawa State Command, ASC Badruddeen Tijjani Mahmud, disclosed this in a
statement on Thursday, September 5, 2024
He said the incident happened on Wednesday when the deceased attempted
to cross the pond along with his three friends.
“The Command, on Wednesday, 4th of September, 2022 at about 2200hrs
received a report of an incident involving one Umar Wada aged 30, a resident of
Yamma Village drowned at Akama pond in Jahun LGA,” the statement read.
"The sad incident occurred at about 2100hrs when Umar attempted to
cross the pond along with his three friends namely Sa’idu Bala, Zakariya Dauda
and Lawan Muhammad all of Yamma Village but submerged by the water.
"His body was recovered after two hours of search and rescue
operations in the flooded pond by local divers.
“On reaching to the hospital, he was certified dead and was handed over
to his parents for proper burial.”
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