{"id":173111,"date":"2025-08-08T22:15:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T21:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/three-boys-found-dead-after-drowning-in-borno-state"},"modified":"2025-08-08T23:32:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T22:32:11","slug":"three-boys-found-dead-after-drowning-in-borno-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/three-boys-found-dead-after-drowning-in-borno-state","title":{"rendered":"Three boys found dead after drowning in Borno State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Three boys tragically drowned in a pond behind the General Hospital in Monguno, Borno State.<\/p>\n<p>Security analyst Zagazola Makama shared the news in a post on X on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The victims; Mallam Gana Mohammed, Modu Audu Saleh, and Abba Ngumami are residents of the Water Board IDP Camp in Monguno.<\/p>\n<p>According to Muhammed Aisami, the father of one of the boys, they went swimming around 7:40 a.m. on Thursday when the incident happened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmergency workers and police rushed to the scene, where they recovered the bodies with the help of local residents. Medical staff at the General Hospital in Monguno confirmed the deaths and reported no signs of violence,\u201d Makama wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The boys\u2019 bodies have been handed over to their families for burial according to Islamic rites.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Three boys tragically drowned in a pond behind the General Hospital in Monguno, Borno State. Security analyst Zagazola Makama shared the news in a post on X on Friday. The victims; Mallam Gana Mohammed, Modu Audu Saleh, and Abba Ngumami are residents of the Water Board IDP Camp in Monguno. 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