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Flood sweeps three children away in Delta

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Three children, belonging to two families, have reportedly drowned in flooding that ravaged Delta State communities.

The children, a girl and two boys, were identified as Annabel, Gift and Praise-God.

They were said to be two, four and near five years old.

Speaking to newsmen, the parents of the deceased their children died after falling into the waters while playing in the rain.

Mr David Suku, who lost two of his children, Gift and Praise-God, to the disaster within two months said:

“The water was too much, so as the child fell into the water nobody was around. Before we could find him, he was already dead.

“The last flood, one died, this one another one has died, if there is anything government can do for us, they should do it. Losing a second child to the flood is too much for me.”

His wife, Doris Suku, in tears and narrating how it happened said:

“I was at home when the child went out to play. I thought he was at my brother’s wife’s place. I didn’t see him, so I went to ask them.

“They said he had returned home and I told them, no I haven’t seen him. We looked for him. It was in the morning, we saw him already dead.”

The father of another family, Mr Enoch Kane, recalled the tragic day he lost his daughter.

“She died on August 16. I lost my daughter to the flood. She walked to the backyard, unknowing to me and fell into the water.

“We looked for her, only to find her in the water, already dead. She was two years old and wasn’t used to swimming.”

The Nation

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