ONE-year-old baby, Odinaka Nworu, was weekend reported to have died,
following the collapse of a soak-away pit at No. 5 Obi Street in
Abakaliki.
The two siblings of the deceased, Somtochukwu and Eunice Nworu,
sustained injuries as they are currently receiving treatment at
Trinity Hospital, Abakaliki.
The children hail from Effium, Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state.
Vanguard gathered that the incident happened when Miss Eunice
Nworu,10, who was carrying her little brother, Odinaka, on her arms
climbed a concrete soak-away toilet pit alongside her other sister,
Somtochukwu, 4 and tried to hang their clothes when the pit collapsed
and submerged three of them.
The tragic incident occurred when the parents of the trio went for an
early morning service in the church.
Confirming the incident, the father of the children, Mr.Ezekiel Nworu,
said he got the ugly news while he was still at St. Theresa' Cathedral
Church where he attended a church service.
According to him, the numerous phone calls he received made him rush
home immediately to ascertain what was happening.
"The tragedy that struck my family intended to wipe out my whole
family and put us in deep agony but after frantic efforts in search of
my children, we were able to bring all of them out of the pit toilet;
only that one of them who is the youngest could not survive it," he
said.
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