So sad.This 12year old drowned in benin river....SEE PHOTO

Firstclass newsline learnt that Clinton had accompanied his friends
to swim in the river located in Oluku on Friday before he met his
tragic death.
Tragedy struck when the deceased lost his balance as he tried to
advance towards a deeper part of the river and drowned in the process.
Some divers in the area had searched for the remains of the deceased
for about an hour before it was found and wrapped in piece of white
cloth.
The incident also drew the attention of residents of Iguosa Housing
Estate, including the parents of the late boy, who gathered at the
scene as divers swam through the river in search of his victim.
One of the friends of the boy, who was said to have gone to the river
with the victim, Lucky Osazuwa, said the lad advanced to the deeper
side of the river.
He said the victim later drowned when he could not find his way out
and after efforts to rescue him were unsuccessful.
Osazuwa said, "We tried to persuade him not to go ahead to swim in
that part, but before we could convince him, he removed his clothes
and jump into the river. I tried to rescue him but I lost grip of his
leg. That was what happened."
But the father of the deceased, Mr. Lucky Kadiri, who was visibly
disturbed, wondered why his son's friends, who had been with Kadiri at
the time of the incident, kept mute over his death.
He said, "Three of them went to the river that day, but one of his
friends said he (Clinton) lost balance and started drowning.
"They said that they went to call someone to help them to rescue him,
but they could not find him when they returned to the river. But they
refused to say anything that day until the police came."
Efforts by firstclass newsline crew to contact the state Police Public
Relations Officer, DSP Stephen Onwochei, to speak on the matter were
unsuccessful. Several calls to his telephone were unanswered while a
text message sent to his line was not replied at the time of filing
this report on Sunday.
It was, however, learnt that Osazuwa had been arrested by the police
while the corpse of the victim had been deposited in a mortuary
Firstclassnewsline.net