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Tragedy struck in Hawul Local Government, Borno State as a woman and her daughter drowned while returning home from the farm.
Security sources told Zagazola Makama that the victims :Habiba Abubakar, 35, and her daughter, Adama Abubakar, 9, both of Ghung Village drowned while attempting to cross a river on October 26, 2025, at about 1:15 p.m.
According to the sources , police and local divers later recovered the bodies from the water, and no marks of violence were found on them.
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Photographs were taken for record purposes before the corpses were evacuated to the General Hospital, Garkida, in Gombi LGA of Adamawa State, where they were certified dead on arrival by a medical doctor.
The remains have since been released to the family for burial according to Islamic rites.
The sources said that the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Maiduguri, has commenced further investigation into the incident.
