The Police Command in Jigawa State has said that no fewer than eleven persons have drowned in various rivers in the state in the last one month.
A statement issued by the spokesman for the command, SP Abdu Jinjiri, in Dutse on Tuesday, described the number of people drowned within the period as “outrageous.”
“The police have decried the outrageous number of people drowned in rivers in the state in the last one month. No fewer than eleven of such incidents were recorded in some parts of the state.
“The Jigawa State Police Command has expressed serious concern over the spate of drowning in the state, as no fewer than eleven of such ugly incidents were recorded in places such as Ringim, Guri, Kiyawa, Dutse, involving children and adults alike within the last one month.
“It is the sincere advice of this command that people who are not conversant with swimming should desist from bathing or fishing in any pond or river,” Jinjiri said.
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