Very unfortunate incident in search of daily bread. A woman and her daughter reportedly drowned in Ihiala,
Anambra, on Wednesday when they went to harvest cassava from their flooded
farm. Mrs Chioma Afugwobi and her SS-3 student daughter, Edith, reportedly went
to the farm in a canoe but could not swim to safety when the canoe capsized on
their way back.
Confirming the incident to newsmen on Thursday in Umudara
village, Ihiala, Mr Nduka Onyemueze, the Proprietor of First Foundation
Secondary School, Ihiala, Edith’s school, said that the incident took place
around 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Onyemueze said Edith and her mother went to harvest
cassava already submerged by the flood in their farm and on their way back
their canoe capsized “Their canoe capsized, they fell into the water and were
unable to swim to safety and drowned before swimmers came around. “All efforts
to revive them after pulling them out of the water proved abortive,’’ he said,
while describing Edith as a brilliant student,’’ he said. The Public Relations
Officer of the Anambra police command, Mr Ralph Uzoigwe, said he had yet to be
briefed on the tragedy.....MAY THEIR SOULS RIP AMEN!!! - NAN
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