IMO RIVER CLAIMS 5 LIVES IN 3 MONTHS

A young man who hailed from a community in Isi­ala Ngwa South Local Government Area of Abia State, and iden­tified as Moses Uzoma had reportedly drowned at Imo River which serves as boundary between Abia and Rivers States.

Uzoma’s drowning came less than three months when another young man whose name was given as Ugonna Ike drowned in the same river while excavating sand.

What Uzoma went to do in the river before he drowned could not be immediately as­certained, but his body was found floating in the river some days later.

A source said that the body of the victim was later buried at the bank of the river, after his immediate family members were contacted in conformity with the customs of his people.

In June, Ike, 20, a native of Uratta, in Isiala Ngwa North Local Government Area also drowned in the same river while excavating sand, as ev­ery effort made to rescue him failed.