11 Drowned In Jigawa
The Police Command in Jigawa State disclosed that no fewer than 11 persons had drowned in various rivers in the state within the last one month.
According to a statement issued by the spokesman of the command, SP Abdu Jinjiri, in Dutse, the state capital, the number of people drowned within such period was described as “outrageous”.
The command noted, “The police has decried the outrageous number of people drowned in rivers in the state in the last one month. “No fewer than eleven of such incidents were recorded in some parts of the state.
“The Jigawa police command has expressed serious concern over the spate of drowning in the state, as no fewer than eleven of such ugly incidents were recorded in places such as Ringim, Guri, Kiyawa, Dutse, involving children and adults alike within the last one month.
“It is the sincere advice of this command that people who are not conversant with swimming should desist from bathing or fishing in any pond or river”, the statement said.
