Tuesday, October 14, 2025 - Two teenage brothers of the same parents have drowned in floods following a heavy downpour in the Eligbolo community in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State.
The boys, Miracle Peters and Emma Peters, aged 16 and 17
years respectively, drowned while trying to assist someone trapped in the flood
on Sunday, October 12, 2025.
It was gathered that the duo successfully helped the persons
to safety but on their way back, Emma’s footwear slipped off and as they tried
to retrieve it, the strong current swept them away.
Their mother, Onyinyechi Peter, who narrated the incident to
newsmen in Port Harcourt on Monday, said she had returned home to find out the
children were not in the house.
“I came back and I asked where they were. One of my
neighbours now responded that someone had called for them to come and help
them. So, on their way, the neighbour joined them and helped the person,"
she explained.
“The person was crossing into their house. So they finished
helping the person and, on their way, back, they said the slippers of my son
were removed (slipped off) and he fell down.
"They tried to pick the slippers but people were
telling them to leave the slippers, however, he kept trying to collect it with
his brother. So there was no way. The water now carried two of them.:
"The other boy who was with Miracle and Emma came back
and told his mother what happened. The mother said she saw them when they were
inside the water (floods) but that they thought they were playing and didn’t do
anything. They didn’t care.
“Before the water carried my son and his brother, they were
shouting for help and one man said he was inside his room when he heard a sound
but he couldn’t come out to help."
“Since then, I have not seen them (the teenage boys),” she
said while fighting back tears.
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