Flood sweeps away 13-year-old student in Abuja
Alhassan Jamil, a 13- year-old Junior Secondary School (JSS) student of Ihyau El -Burhan Academy, Phase 3, Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), was on Wednesday swept away by flood. Father of the deceased, Jamil Maikasuwa, while narrating the incident to our reporter at his Old Kutunku residence, said he picked his […]
Alhassan Jamil, a 13-year-old student of Ihyau El-Burhan Academy, lost his life on Wednesday in a devastating flood. His father, Jamil Maikasuwa, recounted the tragic incident to a reporter at their residence in Old Kutunku. Maikasuwa had dropped his son off at school on a motorcycle when the flood waters suddenly began rushing at high speed.
Despite applying the brakes, his son, fearing for his life, jumped off the bike and unfortunately fell into the raging floodwaters. Upon realizing his son had jumped, Maikasuwa tried frantically to grab his son's hand to save him, but it was too late. The flood waters had carried his son away. Maikasuwa, who serves as the Special Assistant to the Council Chairman on Domestic Affairs, stated that his son's body had not yet been recovered.
Fishermen and divers have been deployed to search for the deceased. Maikasuwa expressed hope that his son's body will be recovered so they can hold a proper burial for him.
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