By Omowumi Omotosho
Six students of the Government Secondary School Fadan Chawai have drowned in a Kauru LGA of Kaduna state.
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN )reports that the incident occurred on Tuesday evening while the students were returning home after writing their Junior Secondary School Certificate Examination (JSSCE) exams.
The victims are Manasseh Monday, 16; Musa John, 16; Pius David, 15; Monday Ayuba, 16; David Danlami, 19; and Yahuza Audu, 16.
Ishaya Chingali, a community leader in Chawai and vice president of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU), said 11 students entered the river linking the Ribang community and Fadan Chawai.
“Six of them drowned, five survived,” Chingali said.
Chingali said four bodies have so far 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 several times. Six drowned in the process,” he said
