Sad incident in Kano as 13-year-old student drowns in a river in Makugara village, Karaye local government area. The boy, identified as Yusuf Magaji, was a student of Tsangaya Qur’anic school.The spokesperson for the Kano State Fire Service, Saminu Yusif, has confirmed the incident. According to Yusif, the boy accidentally slipped into the river while trying to wash his body with his fellow students. The fire service team managed to rescue the boy, but unfortunately, he was pronounced dead by a doctor.
According to him, “On Thursday, at about 13:31hrs, we received an emergency call at our Karaye office from one Malam Nafi’u Na Adama who reported an incident involving a boy of about 13 years old, Yusuf Magaji, a student of Tsangaya Qur’anic school at Makugara village in Karaye local government area.
“That they were on their way to one village, they stop by the side of an open water with intention to wash their body but unfortunately he slide into the river, and he made a lot of effort to escape but wasn’t lucky.
“There and then our men from Karaye office successfully retrieved the victim unconscious and conveyed to Karaye specialist hospital for medical attention and was later confirmed dead by the doctor.
“The victim was handed over to Malam Nafi’u Na Adama school proprietor, (tsangaya),” Yusif however stated.
