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Three Teenage Girls Drown In Jigawa Pond
The remains of the girls were handed over to their respective parents and have been buried according to Islamic rites.
Dutse, Jigawa State- Three teenage girls have been drowned in a local pond in the Buji Local Government Area of Jigawa State.
It was gathered that the incident occurred at about 11 a.m. on Saturday, August 1, when the three girls went to cut grass to feed their livestock beside the pond.
The incident was confirmed in a statement issued on Sunday, August 11, 2024, in Dutse by ASC Badaruddeen Tijuana, the Spokesperson for the State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).
The deceased were identified as Fatima Sule, 12; Nasiya Sale, 12; and Huwaila Sa’adu, 13, all from Tulla village.
The statement read, “The NSCDC personnel operating in the area received a distress call from some members of the Tulla community at about 11:10 a.m. and rushed to the scene with the divisional disaster management officers for a rescue mission.
“And together with the people of the community, they were able to recover the bodies of the three young girls after about 30 minutes of search and rescue operation.”
He explained that the recovered bodies were immediately rushed to the nearest health center in the area, where they were confirmed dead.
Tijuana added that the investigation revealed that the deceased cut some grasses at the same place, where they were drown.
Meanwhile, the remains of the girls were handed over to their respective parents and have been buried according to Islamic rites.
The NSCDC commandant in the state, Muhammad Danjuma commiserated with the families of the deceased and enjoined parents to look after their wards, especially at a time when ponds and rivers were over flooded to avoid such incidents.