A two-year-old boy, Godwin Kumfa has gone missing around Meme river in Phase 11 area of Lokoja, Kogi State capital.
The family however said the boy must have drowned.
The tragic incident reportedly happened at about 7:30 a.m. on Monday.
His father, Mr Mamtip Kumfa, who disclosed this said he received a distress call from a neighbour around 7:30 a.m. that the boy was missing.
Kumfa, a security guard at a private school, said he returned home to find his wife searching frantically at the riverside.
He explained that his wife had left Godwin sitting by the river while she went to collect sand, only to find the boy gone on her and return.
“Godwin was left alone by the river while she gathered sand,” Kumfa said, his voice filled with grief.
“Later, we found one of his shoes near Arigbede, about 10km downstream. I’m lost. Godwin is my only son,” he added.
A family friend, Mr Seun Babalola, said they trailed the river path, but could only find the boy’s shoe downstream.
He revealed that a similar tragedy had happened at the same river two years ago, involving another young boy.
“Two years ago, a seven-year-old named Goodluck Friday also drowned here. It’s painful.
“We don’t know if it’s natural or something else. Only God knows,” he said.
The boy’s mother, Mrs Lovina Kumfa, cried uncontrollably, pleading for help and divine intervention.
“I left him just for a while. When I came back, he was gone. Please God, help me find my child,” she sobbed.
The community remains in shock, as family, friends, and neighbours rally around the grieving parents.
At the time of filing this report, efforts to recover the child’s (or his remains) were still ongoing by local search parties.
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