Man vanishes in a river while bathing at midnight

By Emma Una

CALABAR – A antheral identified arsenic Brother Sonny has mysteriously disappeared successful a stream astatine Ishaya village, Ogoja Local Government Area of Cross River State, aft going to bathe astatine midnight.

The incident, which occurred connected September 28, has thrown the assemblage into disorder and grief. According to his younger sister, Joy Philips, Sonny near location astatine midnight to bathe successful the adjacent stream but ne'er returned.

“A tragic infinitesimal has yet again happened successful my family, arsenic we outcry implicit the nonaccomplishment of my elder brother, Sonny. He went to the adjacent Ishaya stream astatine midnight to bathe and vanished. Till present we are inactive looking for him successful the river. He hasn’t bathed successful the stream before, and cannot adjacent swim,” she said.

By Tuesday afternoon, neither Sonny nor his assemblage had been found. Joy further explained that villagers had expressed spiritual beliefs astir his disappearance. “We are told helium is inactive undergoing proceedings underwater and his assemblage volition beryllium released by 12 midnight. We are heading backmost to the stream with anticipation of retrieving his body. The question is, wherefore volition a lad of the ungraded drown successful his ain section river?” she lamented.

She added that the constabulary had not yet been contacted, insisting, “If constabulary privation to interrogate us, they should travel to us. We cannot spell to them now.” Community members stay hopeful arsenic hunt efforts continue.

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