A 10-year-old boy drowned in Buji Local Government Area of Jigawa on Saturday.
This was confirmed on Sunday in Dutse by the spokesman of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Jigawa State, CSC Adamu Shehu.
He disclosed to the News Agency of Nigeria that the boy went swimming in a pond in Lelen Kudu village alongside his friends when he drowned.