Residents of Rubokya community in Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), were recently thrown into mourning, after a 29-year-old housewife, simply identified as Amarya, drowned in a river in the area.
A relative of the deceased, Ezekiel Peter, said the woman, who was carrying a four months’ pregnancy, was returning from the farm carrying plantain on her back when the incident happened. He said the deceased was about trying to cross a river after a heavy downpour when she slipped and fell into it.
“It was after she got to the river bank and was trying to remove her slippers in order to cross the river that she suddenly slipped into the river with the plantain she was carrying on her back,” he said.
He said that the woman’s corpse was recovered from the river by some fishermen.
Our reporter further learnt that the same river, which links to Gwagwalada, had last year claimed the life of a six-year-old boy.
Meanwhile, four persons are reported to have sustained seriously injuries in a motor accident which occurred on Friday afternoon at Idu village, on the Abuja-Lokoja expressway.
A witness said the accident happened around 3:12 p.m. when a Golf car with registration number LKJ 937 XC crashed into a ditch.
He said the people injured were rescued by men of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and taken to a hospital at Gegu town.
Efforts to get the reaction of the Gegu FRSC unit commander, Ahmed Daura, on phone were not successful but an officer at the command confirmed the accident. COPIED FROM DAILY TRUST NEWSPAPER

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