The family of Daniel Oyedokun has been thrown into mourning after their four-year-old son drowned in a canal on his way back from church on Sunday at Awori Street, Dopemu, Agege in Lagos State
The deceased was swept away by the flood that accompanied the heavy rain on that day.
The distraught father of Daniel, Olabode Oyedokun, in an interview with Punch Metro on Tuesday, said the son followed their neighbour to church as he was unable to go with him to their own church.
Olabode popularly called Baba Ibeji said he got to the house and met people standing and weeping, and when he inquired what was the problem, he was told that his son had drowned in the canal. He said he rushed there only to find out that it was true.
He said a teen related to the neighbour took his son and other children to the church.
The Ekiti State indigene however blamed the church for allowing the children to leave the church premises while it was still raining heavily.
“It’s the church that I blame; they shouldn’t have allowed children to leave while it was raining heavily like that. They should have closed the gate very well until the rain stopped.
“The girl who took him to the church is about 15 or 16 years old and a sister to my neighbour. She is at my house now, crying. What will I do? My child has gone. What will I do? My child is gone,” he lamented.
Confirming the event, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, said the police started a search for the boy immediately after they received the report but unfortunately didn’t find him alive.
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