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Woman breaks down in tears as she recounts the moment she learned her 5yr old daughter, Melody, died in the Aba flood.

Woman breaks down in tears as she recounts the moment she learned her 5yr old daughter, Melody, died in the Aba flood.🤦🏾‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/3T3q4ik6bO

— Emir of Port-Harcourt (@WOkene) June 30, 2026

Rescue efforts are still ongoing to find the 5-year-old girl who was swept away by flood in Abia State.🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/iSUm2NvjlZ

— Emir of Port-Harcourt (@WOkene) June 29, 2026

Aba: Girl, 5, swept away by floodwater

Residents of Akpu Road in the Ogbor Hill axis of Aba, Abia state, were thrown into mourning as a five-year-old girl was on Saturday swept away by floodwater resulting from a torrential rain that day, which lasted for several hours in the city.

Reports from the city indicate that the child, identified as Melody, who hailed from a community in Edda, in Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi state and her seven-year-old brother had gone outside their building located on Akpu Road to bathe under the rain.

It was gathered that as the duo were playing outside under the rain, the girl sat on an uncovered drainage collection box in the area, and before anyone knew what happened, she fell into the box and was swept away by the floodwater.

It was reported that immediately the incident happened, the mother who sells garri at the nearby Good Morning Market was alerted.

The woman, while lamenting the incident, told neighbours that as she was leaving for the market Saturday morning, she had warned the children not to play or go outside to bathe when it was raining.

The two children were said to have defied their mother’s warning and gone outside to bathe when it was raining, resulting in the fatal incident.

A search immediately commenced to recover the body of the girl without success. The search was said to have continued Monday morning in the nearby Waterside River.

It is feared that the body of the girl might have been stuck under the water tunnel or swept into the Aba River, popularly known as Waterside.

At the time of this report, local divers were said to be still searching the river for the body of the girl.

https://thesun.ng/aba-girl-5-swept-away-by-floodwater/?amp

Omo, nah only the mother fit understand what she's going through

May her soul RIP

Which Abia? The same Abia that now competes favourably with Dubai, courtesy of Alex Otti?

Watch the hypocrites soon begin preaching sympathy. These are the very same people who celebrate and throw parties whenever they hear of flooding in Lagos, regardless of the devastation and suffering it causes.

May her soul rest in peace and condolence to her loved ones.

Richtaiwo:
Which Abia? The same Abia that now competes favourably with Dubai, courtesy of Alex Otti?

Watch the hypocrites soon begin preaching sympathy. These are the very same people who celebrate and throw parties whenever they hear of flooding in Lagos, regardless of the devastation and suffering it causes.

I think the life of their people is not that important. None of them sympathize with the woman, they will only do that if that tragedy occur in another region.

That woman might not recover from this because she will blame herself a lot for what happened.

Should we blame the government or the parent in this case?

What's a 5 years old doing in the rain?

When we were kids, we didn't bath near open water channels. We bath where our parents could see us live and direct.

Omo this is parental negligence laced with failure of government

careless mother.....
some women can be very careless .
you allowed your 5 years old to go and play in the rain??
while you are doing what exactly??
probably collecting doggy..
she deserves some beating.

Rip to the poor child but it's truly crazy the regular posters that are always quick to write about OyO or Lagos or every other regions don hide away.....even on other social media platforms,none of dem set camera...nawa o😵‍💫

So pathetic what's going on in some part of the country

Wao.
This coastal road flooding is too much oo.
Lagos Lagos should do something.
Rip little girl..
South east failed you.

And we have a president that doesn't care about disasters like this.

What a souless man

Richtaiwo:
Which Abia? The same Abia that now competes favourably with Dubai, courtesy of Alex Otti?

Watch the hypocrites soon begin preaching sympathy. These are the very same people who celebrate and throw parties whenever they hear of flooding in Lagos, regardless of the devastation and suffering it causes.

if will never be well with you for this as you make politics out of human life, no matter how long you live on Earth, such thing like this will happened to you..

Abia ke? Nothing concern them with wetin Dey happen for there ooo, if flood like make he carry the whole 5plot region…..na Lagos be there problem, awon busy body

olaniyilukman:
if will never be well with you for this as you make politics out of human life, no matter how long you live on Earth, such thing like this will happened to you..

I said it, they have started showing up. This is one of them.

This is so sad... Do not one person was willing to sacrifice and risk saving her

RIP little one, your governor failed you

greatiyk4u:
And we have a president that doesn't care about disasters like this.

What a souless man

The President is to be blamed I agreed with you, I will help you blame the President when you fall victims too.

I thought they said otti is working and fixing abia??

This is a terrible news. May God comfort her parents.

Richtaiwo:
Which Abia? The same Abia that now competes favourably with Dubai, courtesy of Alex Otti?

Watch the hypocrites soon begin preaching sympathy. These are the very same people who celebrate and throw parties whenever they hear of flooding in Lagos, regardless of the devastation and suffering it causes.

these are not needed right now what’s involves a life was lost

kelmicheal:
these are not needed right now what’s involves a life was lost

And the lives and property that lost in Lagos flood are not important, abi?

Richtaiwo:
Which Abia? The same Abia that now competes favourably with Dubai, courtesy of Alex Otti?

Watch the hypocrites soon begin preaching sympathy. These are the very same people who celebrate and throw parties whenever they hear of flooding in Lagos, regardless of the devastation and suffering it causes.

This your comment is very senseless.

Ogborhill is not a flat area. Drainages are where you will mostly see flood waters in a hilly place, unlike flat areas where streets and homes are flooded. The girl was not swept from the road. She fell into the drainage by accident.

This shows that the ulterior motive of the op is babablu bulabu.

Maybe floodwater pass through toilets in op village. So he is shocked to hear that floodwaters pass through drainage channel.

The mother must be that careless

Its well. May God comfort the parents.

Government alone can do all the works. They need our support.

chijiokecosmos:
Seun or what his name is called is such a fuull to allow this stand.
Why has he not banned the poster?
Because it was directed to the south east I guessed

pain is that you?? Pls donate your tears here

Sad, If na Lagos Erosion people go blame BAT but as na their place table manners must be observed.

SonOfDSoil01:
Abia ke? Nothing concern them with wetin Dey happen for there ooo, if flood like make he carry the whole 5plot region…..na Lagos be there problem, awon busy body

this is not flood but swept away along way flowing in a drainage,go check the place terrain to conclude is flood