A yet-to-be-identified couple have been inconsolable after
their three children drowned in a swimming pool on their estate in the Ajah
area of Lagos State.
It was gathered that both husband and wife had gone for
an event when the three children left their house to swim in the pool.
As of the time of filing this report, the circumstances
surrounding the tragedy were still sketchy.
It was, however, learnt that some residents, including
security members on the estate, found the children lying motionless in the
pool.
A source said immediately the children were recovered from
the pool, they were rushed to a nearby hospital, where they were confirmed
dead.
The source said, “The incident happened on an estate in
Ajah. The estate has a pool generally accessible to residents. The three
siblings were the only children of their parents. When their parents left home
for an event, they went to swim at the general pool and drowned.
“The Chief Security Officer of the estate was part of the
people that found the children unresponsive and quickly rushed them to a
hospital, where they were confirmed dead. They also quickly alerted the Ajah
Police Station and also informed the parents that something urgent that
required their attention had happened, but didn’t disclose what happened to
their children.
“So, the parents quickly aborted their outing. It was when
they met the CSO and others that they were informed that their children
drowned. Upon hearing that all their three children had died, both husband and
wife fainted and were rushed to a hospital, where they were revived.
“The children are all girls; the first child was
14-year-old; the second child was seven-year-old and the third child was
three-year-old. The incident happened towards evening.”
Reacting to the development in a tweet, the state Police
Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, while commiserating with the
bereaved family, condemned the estate management for not having readily
available lifeguards to monitor activities around the pool.
The tweet read, “Just a piece of advice, do not use a swimming
pool without an on-duty lifeguard. Do not swim at beaches without capable hands
around. People are losing loved ones to avoidable drowning. Three siblings
recently drowned together. Eldest was a teenager. Be careful out there.”
Contacted for further details on the incident, Hundeyin, who
declined to reveal the identities of the couple, said the children had been
deposited in a morgue.
He said, “The family are going through a difficult time; the
incident happened on Sunday, June 12, 2022, but the CSO reported the case at
the Ajah Police Station around 1am on Monday, June 13, 2022. The corpses of the
victims have been deposited in a mortuary.
“The victims were the only children of their parents. In
fact, their parents fainted after they informed them that their children
drowned.”
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