Okechukwu Osadebe, son of late highlife maestro, Osita Osadebe, has been killed in a flood disaster in Anambra State.
The 18-year-old reportedly died in the Osadebe’s Atani country home in Ogbaru Local Government Area when he was swept away by the flood at about 7:30 pm.
His mother, Amaechi Osadebe, told NAN in Atani on Friday that Okechulwu was returning home with two other persons when flash flood overwhelmed them.
She explained that it was due to high current and turbulence of the water wave that made it difficult for the other two young boys to pull him out of the water.
Transition Chairman of Ogbaru, Arinzechukwu Awogu, who visited the family, described the death as a tragedy to the whole community.
Mr Awogu said he came to commiserate with the family as it was very painful to lose a child at such tender age, regretting that the floods had brought unimaginable loss to the entire Local Government.
He, however, called on the people of the area to take extra precautions to avoid further loss of life.
“As we wait for the water to recede, my advice is that everybody, especially the underage, should be very careful when they go closer to the areas already submerged,” he said.
At least four people have died in flood disaster in Anambra in the last one week.
