12-year-old boy drowns in Kano

A 12-year-old boy, Ismaila Safiyanu, has drowned while bathing in a pond at Sharada Kwanarmaijego in Kano state.

The spokesman for the state fire service, Alhaji Saidu Mohammed, made the disclosure in Kano today in an interview with newsmen

Mohammed said that the incident occurred this morning, when the deceased went to take his bath.