Oh dear! what could
be worse for parents than losing their 2 sons on the very first day of the
year?
Shock and anguish
rented the air in the Oke-Ijetu area of Osogbo, Osun state capital on January
1, after two young boys of the same parents drowned in River Osun.
The brothers were
playing football close to the river when their ball was kicked into the river.
An eyewitness, who
put the age of the two children between 11 and 15, said the younger child when
into the river to retrieve the football but did not come out.
The older child was
said to have subsequently entered the river with the aim of saving his younger
brother, but he also got drowned in the process.
Another boy was also
said to had entered the river, but was rescued after his screams attracted some
passersby. Some stretched a bamboo pole to the third boy inside the river and
he was brought out.
Sadly, the corpse of
the two brothers were later recovered.
May the good Lord
console their parents.
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