Boy, 10, drowns in Kano

A drowing boy

By Bosede Olufunmi

A 10-year-old boy, Aminu Ilu, has drowned while taking his bath in a pond along Maiduguri road in Danladi Nasidi area of Kumbotso Local Government in Kano State.

A statement issued on Thursday by Alhaji Saidu Mohammed, the Public Relations Officer of the state Fire Service, said the incident occurred on Thursday morning.

We received a distress call from from one Ado Sule at about 09:57 a.m.

On receiving the information, we quickly sent our rescue team to the scene at about 10:10 a.m.

Ilus corpse was handed over to the ward head of Mariri Kata village, Alhaji Gambo Adamu, Mohammed said

He said that the cause of the incident was still under investigation. (NAN)

Source: NAN News