Godwin Kumfa, a two-year-old boy, tragically drowned in the Meme River located in the Phase 11 area of Lokoja, the capital of Kogi State. The incident reportedly occurred around on Monday, according to a sources.
The boy’s father, Mr. Mamtip Kumfa, who works as a security guard at a private school, was alerted by neighbors that his son had gone missing. Upon rushing home, he found his wife, Mrs. Lovina Kumfa, desperately searching for the child. She later explained that she had left the boy sitting by the riverbank while she was gathering sand, only to return and find him missing.
According to the wife, “When herself and the husband started looking for the boy, they later found one of his shoes near Arigbede, about 15km downstream from our house.”
She lamented that she is lost as Godwin is her only son and cried uncontrollably, pleading for help and divine intervention.
She sobbed, “I left him just for a while. When I came back, he was gone and do not know where he is. Please God, help me find my child.”
A family friend who confirmed the incident said they searched the river extensively but only found the boy’s shoes, with no sign of the child or his body.
As of the time of reporting, the spokesperson for the Kogi State Police Command, SP William Aya, had yet to confirm the incident.
