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Herdsman, 18, drowns rescuing cattle
An 18-year-old herdsman on Saturday drowned in Buji Local Government Area, Jigawa State, while struggling to rescue his cattle.
The spokesman of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Commission in Jigawa, CSC Adamu Shehu, on Sunday said in Dutse that the herder’s cow slipped and fell into a pond while grazing in the area. He said that the victim had taken two of his cattle to the farm, leaving them to graze nearby.,
Shehu narrated: “On noticing that the cattle had fallen into the pond, the farmer rushed to its rescue, but drowned.
“A rescue team brought the cattle out of the pond alive.
“The farmer’s body was, however, not found until Sunday, 11 hours after he fell into the pond.
“The NSCDC examined the body thoroughly, confirmed the farmer dead and handed the corpse over to his parents for burial.”
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