Tears As 2 Brothers Drown In Ebonyi Beach

The people of Afikpo community in Ebonyi State were thrown into mourning following the drowning of two siblings , Emmanuel and Christopher Chiaha, in Ndibe beach, Afikpo North Local Government Area of the state.

Tit was reported that the two brothers left   their house around 3 pm to jog but didn’t return.

While waited for their return several hours in vain, the community organised a search party made up of family members, relatives, well-wishers and friends.

The dead bodies of the boys were later discovered floating on the river.

Odah a Deputy Superintendent of Police,(DSP) said police was investigating the matter and expressed worry over the incident.

She said, “Yes , on 2nd of February, Afikpo North Division reported that at about 10.30, one Chiaha Augustine Madabuchi reported a case of sudden and unnatural death where two of his sons Chiaha Emmanuel Chigozie 17 years old and Chiaha Christopher Madabuchi 13 years old got drowned where they allegedly went to swim at Ndibe beach Afkikpo about 3 pm after leaving the house on the pretence that they were going to jog .

“Police visited the beach, and their corpse photographed and deposited at the mortuary, Afikpo north. Police is investigating but there is no mark of violence found on their body.

” I don’t know how they got drowned, what took them to the beach in this harmattan season, for now we are still investigating”, she said.

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