They had just finished writing the West African Junior School Examination popularly called Junior WAEC before the incident.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Six students of Government Secondary School Fadan Chawai, Kaduna State drowned in Mbang River on Tuesday evening in Ribang (Mbang) Village, Kauru Local Government Area, while returning home after writing the Junior WAEC exam.
Spokesman of Ribang Development Association, Pastor Simon Ishaku, confirmed the incident to PUNCH on Wednesday.
He said three dead bodies have been recovered from the water and buried while a search is still on for three others.
The victims are Manasseh Monday, 16; Musa John, 16; Pius David, 15; Monday Ayuba, 16; David Danlami, 19; and Yahuza Audu, 16.
They had just finished writing the West African Junior School Examination popularly called Junior WAEC before the incident.
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“The school children left their homes full of hope and excitement while their parents went to the farm with the hope of reuniting with them after writing their papers of the day, only to meet their untimely death,” Ishaku said.
“The Mbang River has been a death trap for our people over the years, noting before the community can access any school or any hospital facility they’ve to travel for about 8 kilometres.”
He appealed to the state and federal governments, and federal lawmakers representing the area to “kindly assist us with school, hospital, access road and bridge in order to bring succour to our community”.
Spokesman of Kaduna State Police Command, ASP Mansir Hassan, did not respond to calls and text messages for comments, the newspaper said.