Flood Sweeps 13-yr-Old Student Away From his dad’s Motorcycle while On their Way To School in Abuja

Flood Sweeps 13-yr-Old Student Away From his dad’s Motorcycle while On their Way To School in Abuja

A 13-year-old Junior Secondary School JSS student, Alhassan Jamil, has been swept away by flood in the Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Abuja.

Jamil, a student of Ihyau El-Burhan Academy, Phase 3, Gwagwalada, was on his way to school with his father, Jamil Maikasuwa, on Wednesday when tragedy struck.

Narrating the incident, Maikasuwa said he had picked up his son on his motorcycle to drop him at school. However, while crossing a double cell culvert, they encountered fast moving floodwater.

“Upon discovering that the flood water was coming on high speed, I applied brake but my son, out of fear, jumped from the bike and suddenly fell into the flood water,” he said.

He said he immediately attempted to rescue his son after he fell.

“And immediately when I discovered he jumped down from the bike, I quickly pushed the bike aside and tried to grab his hand in order to save him but unfortunately, the flood water swept him away,” he said.

Maikasuwa, who serves as the Special Assistant to the council chairman on Domestic Affairs, said his son’s body had yet to be recovered as of the time of reporting.

He disclosed that fishermen and divers had been mobilised to search for the teenager.

“Actually, my son’s corpse is yet to be recovered, even though some residents whose houses are close to the river bank said they discovered the corpse with his school bag strapped to his back floating. We hope that the corpse will be recovered so we can give him a befitting buri@l,” he said.