Police rescue seven children and two others after flood; one remains missing
Police rescued seven schoolchildren and two other people who were trapped by flooding, while one person remained missing, according to Premium Times Nigeria. Earlier footage showed a stationary commercial minibus apparently caught in floodwater, prompting calls on social media for authorities to intervene.
Police rescued seven schoolchildren and two other people trapped by flooding, while one person remained missing, Premium Times Nigeria reports. The report said video clips and photographs of a stationary commercial minibus apparently caught in floodwater had circulated on Facebook earlier on Tuesday. People who shared the material called for authorities to intervene.
Police subsequently carried out a rescue operation involving the seven schoolchildren and two other people. The supplied information does not identify the location of the incident, the missing person or the condition of those who were rescued. It also does not say whether the rescued people had been travelling in the minibus shown in the images, or provide details about the vehicle’s driver and passengers.
No information was provided about the extent of the flooding, the cause of the incident or whether search teams were continuing to look for the missing person. Premium Times Nigeria reported the rescue and the earlier social-media appeals but supplied no further operational details.
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