The Kaduna River
Five secondary school students have been declared missing after
nine of them accidentally fell into in a river in Kaduna state, North
West Nigeria.The incident was said to have occurred on Wednesday afternoon. The
Executive Secretary of Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency, Ezekiel
Baba-Karik who confirmed the incident to Channels TV, said the
students, from a private secondary school in the state capital, were on
an excursion at a waterworks facility at the Kaduna River when the
incident occurred.
The victims are reported to have slipped from an old barge and plunged into the water.
According to Mr Baba-Karik, the four others were rescued and taken
to Barau Dikko Teaching hospital in the state capital.The parents of the
missing kids have threatened to charge the school authorities to court
as some complained they never sanctioned the trip.
Watch a video of the coverage of the accident scene below:
No comments:
Post a Comment