The Next Edition
  • Home
  • About Us
  • News
  • Featured
  • Investigations
  • Foreign
  • Special Reports
  • Entertainment
  • Interviews
  • Advert Rate
No Result
View All Result
The Next Edition
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • About Us
  • News
  • Featured
  • Investigations
  • Foreign
  • Special Reports
  • Entertainment
  • Interviews
  • Advert Rate
Home Headline News

6 Students Drown On Way Home After JSSC Exams

The Next Edition by The Next Edition
June 27, 2024
in Headline News
Qatar To Build 500,000 Housing Units In Kaduna
0
SHARES
3
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Whatsapp

 

 

You might also like

Police Arrest Five For Oyo Kidnap, Recover ₦4.6m Ransom

FG Puts Up Presidential Jet For Sale In Switzerland

Guild of Editors Suspends Editor For One Year

Six students of Government Secondary School, Fadan Chawai, Kauru Local Government in Kaduna State, drowned on their way home after writing the Junior Secondary School Certificate Examination (JSSE), on Wednesday.

The students, all from Ribang community, were on their way back home after writing the ongoing JSSC examination when the tragedy occurred.

Mr. Ishaya Chingali, community leader in Chawai and Vice President of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU), said that 11 students entered the river linking Ribang community and Fadan Chawai.

“Six of them drowned, five survived,” Chingali told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

He said that four bodies had been recovered while the search for the remaining two was still ongoing.

“They tried to cross the river to the other side like they have done severally.

“Unfortunately, six of them drowned in the process,” he said.

Mr. Yohanna Gwall, President of the Ribang Development Association, gave the names of the deceased to include Manasseh Monday, Musa John, Pius David, David Danlami, Yahuza Audu and Monday Ayuba.

“It is really sad; a tragedy has befallen our community. Their parents won’t see them again. Their siblings and friends won’t play with them again.

“They just left with their dreams and aspirations at their prime,” he fumed.

When contacted, Mr. Bashir Dawaki, Chairman of Kauru Local Government, said that he had directed security agencies to get a detailed report of what happened.

“I’m on my way to the place, but I have directed the security agencies to carry out a thorough investigation and get back to me.

“So, I cannot say much right now until I am properly briefed,” he said.

In a statement, Mr. Tabara Kato, SOKAPU President, condoled families of the deceased school children and Ribang community over the unfortunate incident.

Kato called on government and all relevant security agencies to come to the aid of rural communities by fixing roads and bridges that link up other communities to avert a recurrence.

Kauru Local Government is a generally rural setting with its inhabitants trekking long distances to schools, markets and even farms.

Worst hit are those in Chawai Chiefdom, a very rich agrarian community hugely disadvantaged by the acute dearth of roads and other basic facilities.

Findings reveal that school children miss classes for weeks when the rivers and streams get filled up during the rainy season.

The deceased school children opted to dare the river so as not to miss their examination and the unexpected happened. (NAN)

 

 

 

Tags: drown
The Next Edition

The Next Edition

Recommended For You

New Police

Police Arrest Five For Oyo Kidnap, Recover ₦4.6m Ransom

  The Oyo State Police Command has arrested five suspects allegedly involved in the June 26 abduction of a man identified as Timothy in Mokorede, Ipapo, within the...

FG Puts Up Presidential Jet For Sale In Switzerland

FG Puts Up Presidential Jet For Sale In Switzerland

  The Federal Government has listed Nigeria’s 20-year-old Boeing Business Jet (BBJ), formerly used for presidential travel, for sale in Switzerland following its replacement by a newly acquired...

NGE Demands End To Harassment Of Journalists By Ebonyi Govt

Guild of Editors Suspends Editor For One Year

  The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has suspended one of its members, Mr. Steve Osuji, for violating the "off the record" provision in the Code of Ethics...

How My Husband, Pastor Killed My 7-Year-Old Son For Money Ritual In Enugu- Wife

Enugu Govt. Urges Digital Health Records Adoption  

    The Enugu State Government has called on public and private hospitals to adopt the digitalisation of patients’ medical records to enhance service delivery and reduce treatment...

Next Post
Bolivian General Arrested After Failed Coup Attempt

Bolivian General Arrested After Failed Coup Attempt




Related News

Breaking: UEFA Champions League Quarter Final Draw

Breaking: UEFA Champions League Quarter Final Draw

Edo, Bauchi Assembly Crises: Speakers’ Conference Commend NASS Intervention

Just In: Lagos Assembly On Red Alert Ahead Obasa’s Planned Resumption As Speaker

Buhari’s Executive Order No 6 is a descent to fascism – PDP

Buhari’s Executive Order No 6 is a descent to fascism – PDP




The Next Edition

Office Address

3B, Agboola Aina street, Off Toyin Street,
Ikeja, Lagos.

Quick Contact Details

Phone:
08033018430
Whatsapp:
08051679910

Email:
[email protected]
[email protected]

Categories

  • Aviation
  • Beauty
  • Breaking News
  • Business
  • Columnists
  • Editorial
  • Entertainment
  • Fashion
  • Featured
  • Football
  • Foreign
  • Headline News
  • Home & Garden
  • Interviews
  • Investigations
  • North Central
  • North East
  • North West
  • Opinion
  • Parenting
  • Politics
  • Relationships
  • South East
  • South West
  • South-South
  • Special Reports
  • Sports
  • Top News
  • Vox Pops

© Next Edition Business Development Limited

  • About Us
  • Advert Rate
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • About Us
  • News
  • Featured
  • Investigations
  • Foreign
  • Special Reports
  • Entertainment
  • Interviews
  • Advert Rate

© Next Edition Business Development Limited