3 Children Found Dead While Trying to Retrieve Lost Phone in Kaduna

(Pit Toilet. Photo by P.M. News)

A sad incident happened in Tudun Kusa village in Zaria, Kaduna State, on Thursday.

Three children lost their lives after going inside a pit toilet to search for a missing phone.

The victims were Najjashi, Mohammed and Ashafa.

They were between 12 and 15 years old and came from different families.

According to reports the went into the pit one after the other to recover an Android phone that belonged to a resident named Murtala.

Councillor Hashimu Muhammad, who represents the area, told a news outlet that Murtala offered N1000 to any child who could get the phone back.

This led Najjashi, the youngest at about 12, to climb in.

When he did not come out, Mohammed, 13, went in after him after seeing what happened.

Ashafa, around 15, then insisted on going in to check on his friends.

He was only allowed in after a lot of argument, and he did not come out either.

Residents then lowered a chicken into the pit on the advice of an elderly man to see what was down there.

The bird died before it reached the bottom.

The bodies were pulled out with a hook and buried according to Islamic rites.

The pit has since been sealed off.

Residents said they had never seen anything like it.

They said the three deaths had left the village in deep grief, and a three day mourning period has begun in Tudun Kusa.