{"id":221966,"date":"2024-09-29T21:00:25","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T21:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/29\/four-girls-drown-in-pond-while-swimming-in-jigawa-village\/"},"modified":"2024-09-29T21:00:25","modified_gmt":"2024-09-29T21:00:25","slug":"four-girls-drown-in-pond-while-swimming-in-jigawa-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/29\/four-girls-drown-in-pond-while-swimming-in-jigawa-village\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Girls Drown In Pond While Swimming In Jigawa Village"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>At least four girls have drowned in a pond located at the Malkaderi Village in the Gagarawa Local Government Area of Jigawa State, on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>This was disclosed to the Public by the State Police Command, Lawan Adam, in a statement released on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Adam identified the four victims as; Saina\u2019u Musa, 12; Fiddausi Ado, 11; Habiba Musa, 12\u2032 Bahijja Musa, 13.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cIn a tragic and devastating incident reported to the command on September 28, 2024, at about 1530hrs, five teenagers, all female, went swimming in a pond at Malkaderi village, Gagarawa LGA, on the same date at about 1100hrs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut unfortunately, four of them namely: Saina\u2019u Musa, 12; Fiddausi Ado, 11; Habiba Musa, 12\u2032 Bahijja Musa, 13, were found drowned and floating in the pond.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe victims were all evacuated from the pond and rushed to the Gagarawa Primary Health Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Five Killed, 12 Injured In Kano-Jigawa Road Accident<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The police spokesperson said that upon receiving the report, a joint team of police officers and local divers swiftly responded to the scene and initiated a rescue operation.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the victims were retrieved from the pond and rushed to the Gagarawa Primary Health Centre for medical attention, where they were confirmed dead.<\/p>\n<p>After confirmation of the fatalities, the authorities released the corpses to the grieving families for traditional burial rites.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-advadstrackid=\"941128\" data-advadstrackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-302469133\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/FirstBank-Giant-Strides300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least four girls have drowned in a pond located at the Malkaderi Village in the Gagarawa Local Government Area of Jigawa State, on Saturday. 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