Police in Ondo State are investigating the deaths of three children, 11-year-old twins Joshua and Jacob Jonah and their five-year-old sister, Blessing, whose bodies were recovered near a riverbank on a farm close to the Owena Army Barracks in Akure.
According to police spokesperson Abayomi Jimoh, the children had gone to the farm with their father, Samuel Jonah, on Friday, September 4, but set off for home before him. When they failed to arrive, a search was launched, and their bodies were found the next day by the river.
Authorities have not yet determined a cause of death, so it would be premature to call this a drowning, an accident, or a crime. The bodies have since been handed over to the family for burial, and investigators continue gathering details about what happened after the children left the farm.
