NSCDC confirms drowning of 15- year-old in Dutse

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Jigawa State Command, has confirmed the drowning of a 15-year-old boy, Isah Muhammad, astatine a pond popularly known arsenic Sterling Pond on Disina Road successful Dutse Local Government Area.

The Public Relations Officer of the NSCDC Jigawa State Command, ASC Badruddeen Tijjani Mahmud, disclosed this successful a statement. He said the incidental occurred connected Tuesday, August 4, 2026, astatine astir 4:30 p.m., erstwhile the bid received a distress telephone reporting that the victim, a nonmigratory of Bokoto Quarters, Dutse, had drowned successful the pond.

According to the statement, upon receiving the report, NSCDC unit from the Takur Site Division instantly mobilised to the country and evacuated the unfortunate to the General Hospital, Dutse, wherever a aesculapian doc confirmed him dead.

Following the confirmation of his death, the remains of the deceased were released to his household for burial successful accordance with Islamic rites.

The State Commandant of the NSCDC Jigawa State Command, Commandant Muhammad Kabiru Ingawa, expressed his heartfelt condolences to the household of the deceased and prayed that Allah would assistance the departed eternal remainder and springiness the family...