THE three-day heavy downpour which resulted in flood in Akure, the Ondo state capital have claimed the lives of two Primary School pupils.
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Police in the state said that the two boys Adebori Timilehin (5) and Olugbenga Martins(6) are cousins and were returning from school when the flood swept them away and were drowned.
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Their bodies were discovered by men of the State Fire Brigade after three days of intensive search inside the Elegbin river.
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Findings showed that they reside with their Grandmother at No 14 Familusi street, Akure.
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This is coming on the heels of Save Our Soul (SOS) by the state government to the Ecological Department of the presidency over the menace of flood across the state.