A woman has been left heartbroken after her two sons drowned in a canal at Akiama Community in Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State on Saturday, February 19.
The siblings, aged 10 and 7, were children of a widow, Mrs. Ogechukwu Thankgod, whose husband, a dealer in interior decoration materials, died about two years ago.
It was gathered that corpses of the two children were discovered lying on the mud after the river had ebbed.
The canal runs through from behind the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFMM) through the Akiama Road and evacuates at the Akiama Creek.
According to reports, the culvert across the canal was reconstructed last year in order to contain the flooding causing erosion in the area.
The Chairman of Bonny Local Government, Dame Hon Anengi Barasua AJP, on Sunday, February 20, paid a condolence visit to the family of the children at their residence in Akiama.