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A 3-year-old boy, Chibuike Uba, has d!ed after falling into an open soakaway at Babarinsa in the Ibeju Lekki area of Lagos State.
It was gathered that the incident occurred on Wednesday, July 9, 2025 when the boy’s mother, Utoro, visited her aunt in the community.
Utoro, who resides in the Epe area of the state, was packing her belongings and preparing to leave when her son left her in the room to meet her aunt who had stepped out to make a phone call.
However, when her aunt returned, Uba asked about the child’s whereabouts, only to realise he was nowhere to be found.
During a frantic search, Uba spotted her son’s slippers near the open soakaway on the next compound and raised the alarm.
In a voice note sent to Punch on Thursday, Utoro, who had since remained inconsolable, said, “I visited my aunt and was packing my bags to head back home when she received a call and my son followed her outside. I continued packing, assuming he was still with her. When she came back inside, I asked about my son’s whereabouts, and she claimed he had returned inside. I said no and quickly rushed outside to search for him but couldn’t find him.
It was gathered that the incident occurred on Wednesday, July 9, 2025 when the boy’s mother, Utoro, visited her aunt in the community.
Utoro, who resides in the Epe area of the state, was packing her belongings and preparing to leave when her son left her in the room to meet her aunt who had stepped out to make a phone call.
However, when her aunt returned, Uba asked about the child’s whereabouts, only to realise he was nowhere to be found.
During a frantic search, Uba spotted her son’s slippers near the open soakaway on the next compound and raised the alarm.
In a voice note sent to Punch on Thursday, Utoro, who had since remained inconsolable, said, “I visited my aunt and was packing my bags to head back home when she received a call and my son followed her outside. I continued packing, assuming he was still with her. When she came back inside, I asked about my son’s whereabouts, and she claimed he had returned inside. I said no and quickly rushed outside to search for him but couldn’t find him.
