The occurrence happened on Wednesday when the injured individual was cleared into an overwhelmed water channel at Mayne Avenue by Atamunu/Atakpa in Calabar.
As indicated by an onlooker, who gave his name as Anthony Akpan, the expired was in Junior Secondary School 2 (JSS2) class.
"The occurrence happened amid the overwhelming storm at around 2: 00pm when substantial rain cleared the perished into the huge canal at Mayne Avenue by Atakpa Street and his body has stayed missing," he said.
He expressed that the current of the surge was too overwhelming when Charles and a portion of his partners were returning from school.
"The catastrophe happened just by my place here, the water that originates from the huge drain is very substantial and the young men were simply remaining by my workshop and out of the blue the unfortunate casualty fell into the little canal before my workshop before the water conveyed him into the enormous channel at Atakpa.
"The huge channel typically floods whenever the rain is substantial because of the measure of flotsam and jetsam individuals fill it and tragically that it happened once more. This isn't the first occasion when somebody is suffocating in that place.
"The place should be taken a shot at, the sand inside that drain should be cleared, when you take a gander at the street the water from the huge channel has caused appalling disintegration in that place something should be done now," he said.
At the point when Daily Post journalist visited the school later toward the evening, instructors and understudies were all in a calm disposition, as they deplored that they couldn't trust that little Victor was no more.
One of his colleagues, Blessed Ekpo said Victor was a like-capable individual as a result of his social and amicable way of life, "We as a whole like him, since he is an exceptionally savvy and neighborly individual.
"We didn't comprehend the end result for him, that he fell into the huge canal and suffocated. We will miss him, since we will never observe him again."
The dad of the perished, who did not need his name in print, revealed that his child Victor was yet to be found.
"Me and a portion of my siblings have been looking the enormous drain for his body since the early long periods of today yet we have not seen his cadaver even at this very moment.
"I have another hunt group at the departure purpose of the channel close CRUTECH and deferring network yet we have not made any achievement yet in light of the fact that the rain began again tonight.
"I need to utilize this chance to interest individuals from the general population that any individual who discovers him ought to please contact the school with the goal that he can be covered legitimately on the grounds that I can't rest till I discover my kid," the dispossessed dad said
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