Six students of Government Secondary School Fadan Chawai, in Kaduna State have drowned in the Mbang river in Ribang (Mbang) village, Kauru Local Government Area of the state while returning from writing the Junior WAEC examination.
Eyewitness said the incident happened around 5:30 p.m on Tuesday.
The victims were identified as Manasseh Monday (16 years), Musa John (16 years), Pius David (15 years), Monday Ayuba (16 years), David Danlami (19 years), and Yahuza Audu (16 years).
Confirming the incident, the National Public Relations Officer of Ribang Development Association, Pastor Simon Ishaku, said that the locals were able to recover three bodies of the teenagers.
Ishaku, who added that the three other bodies have not been found, disclosed that the ones recovered have already been buried.
โThe school children left their homes full of hope and excitement while their parents went to the farm with the hope of reuniting with them after writing their papers of the day, only to meet their untimely death,โ he said.
He lamented that the river has continued to be a death trap for the people of the community and pleaded for government assistance.
โThe Mbang river has been a death trap for our people over the years. We are calling on the Federal Government, Governor Uba Sani, Senator Sunday Katung and our House of Representative members as a matter of urgency, to kindly assist us with school, hospital, access road and bridge in order to bring succour to our community,โ he said.
The Kaduna State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, is yet to confirm the incident.