Tuesday, October 28, 2025 - Tragedy struck in Hawul Local Government Area of Borno State as a woman and her daughter drowned while returning home from the farm.
According
to security analyst, Zagazola Makama, the victims Habiba Abubakar, 35, and her
daughter, Adama Abubakar, 9, both of Ghung village drowned while attempting to
cross a river on October 26, 2025, at about 1:15 p.m.
Police and
local divers later recovered the bodies from the water, and no marks of
violence were found on them.
Photographs
were taken for record purposes before the corpses were evacuated to the General
Hospital, Garkida, in Gombi LGA of Adamawa State, where they were certified
d3ad on arrival by a medical doctor.
The
remains have since been released to the family for burial according to Islamic
rites.
Sources
said that the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Maiduguri, has
commenced further investigation into the incident.
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