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After Several Warnings, Lady Drowns Six-Year-Old Daughter In Bayelsa
By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
A tragic incident occurred in the Ukubie community of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, last Monday, when a woman, identified as Madam Stella, drowned her six-year-old daughter, Rachael, in a moment of uncontrollable anger.
According to eyewitnesses, the incident happened after Rachael repeatedly ignored her mother’s warnings to stay away from the river. Despite previous scoldings, the child ventured to the waterfront again, prompting Stella to confront her. In a fit of rage, she allegedly grabbed her daughter and threw her into the river twice, leading to her untimely death.
The shocking event left the community in disbelief. Confronted by residents, Stella admitted to the act, expressing deep remorse.
“I regret my actions. I never knew it would happen this way,” she pleaded.
A relative, Jeph Nation, described the tragedy as particularly painful.
“I have already recorded two deaths in my paternal family in Ukubie this year. Each one has been heartbreaking, but this is the most devastating,” he lamented.
Viral Videos Capture the Aftermath
Videos circulating online show Stella surrounded by an angry crowd, speaking in the Ijaw language and confessing to the act. Another clip captures her sitting in a boat beside her daughter’s lifeless body as it is being transported away.
Despite the public outcry, Bayelsa State Police Public Relations Officer, Musa Mohammed, stated that the authorities had not yet received an official report on the incident. However, it is expected that law enforcement will investigate the matter thoroughly
This heartbreaking event has sparked conversations about parental discipline, anger management, and child safety, with many calling for greater awareness and support systems to prevent such tragedies in the future.
According to him, such financial mishandling not only disrupts critical public services and projects but also results in major losses to the nation’s purse—resources that could have been channelled into crucial services and developmental efforts, as laid out in Section 14(2)(b) of the Constitution.
Speaker Abbas, thereafter setup a Special Committee to be chaired by Rep. Chinedu Martins to immediately launch a probe into the “Utilisation of take-off grants, bailout funds, and interventions allocated to MDAs, government institutions, and GOEs from 2015 to present.”
The FCT Minister, Mr. Nyesom Wike, expressed satisfaction with the progress on the Abuja light rail project, reaffirming its May 29 delivery as sacrosanct.
He made these assurances after inspecting the ongoing construction of access roads to the train stations on Wednesday, from Metro Train Station in the Central Area to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
Reassuring journalists accompanying him, the minister reiterated that President Bola Tinubu would commission the rail project on May 29 to mark his second year in office.
The visited stations were Wupa station near Idu and Bassanjiwa station near the airport.
“This is part of our routine inspection of ongoing projects to see the contractors’ progress,” Wike explained.
“We are working day and night to fulfill our promise to President Tinubu and FCT residents. By May, Mr. President will ride on the Metro line.”
Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen are currently invading some communities in the Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State.
According to sources, the herdsmen armed with AK-47 rifles stormed the community around 04:15pm on Thursday.
“Our lives are in danger this evening, armed Fulani herdsmen, about 600 in numbers have taken over our communities this evening,” a resident told SaharaReporters.
“They’re currently moving around towns in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue state. No security personnel at all, Governor Alia didn’t send security, they said operation will start soon once they (herders) have observed the place.”
The insecurity situation in Benue has been alarming in recent weeks with attacks from gunmen suspected to be herdsmen.
The media had reported that suspected herdsmen again unleashed terror in Benue State, attacking three communities in Otukpo Local Government Area (LGA) on Wednesday, just a day after 11 people were killed in a deadly raid on Otobi community.
The latest victims of the escalating violence were Emichi, Odudaje, and Okpamaju, communities that had previously suffered an attack in February, which left five people dead.
However, the renewed attack has created fear and mass displacement among residents, with women and children fleeing to safety.
Local sources say the death toll from the fresh attack remains unclear, but several casualties are feared.
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