Lagos: Three Children Drowned In Swimming Pool, Couple Faints Over Sorrow

Mohammed Oluwatimileyin Taoheed reports,

An unidentified couple are now currently in come after losing three of their children to a swimming pool in the Ajah community of Lagos State.

TrackNews Nigeria learnt that the couple had earlier been away for a went for a celebration but unfortunately they arrived to meet a huge grief as this.

While speaking with our correspondent, a member of the community gave that the children were recovered from the pool and rushed to a nearby hospital urgently but they were confirmed to be dead by the specialist in charge.

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 had 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.”

In a reaction to the ugly incident, the Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, condemned the estate management for not having readily available lifeguards to monitor activities around the pool.

The tweet reads, “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.”