Joy said the brother, as of Tuesday afternoon, had not been seen or his body recovered.
By Emmanuel Una
A man, identified as Brother Sonny, has reportedly vanished in a river in Ogoja, northern Cross River State, while he was taking a bath at midnight.
The incident happened at Ishaya village, in Ogoja Local Government Area, where the said man resides with his family.
The younger sister to the man who gave her name as Joy Philips, who narrated the incident on her Facebook page, stated, “Another tragic moment has yet again happened in my family, as we cry over the loss of my elder brother, Sonny.
“He went to the nearby Ishaya river at midnight on 28 September to bathe and vanished. Till now, we have still been looking for him in the river. He hasn’t bathed in the river before, and cannot even swim.”
Joy said the brother, as of Tuesday afternoon, had not been seen or his body recovered.
“Till this moment, his corpse hasn’t been seen. We are told he is still undergoing trial underwater and his body will be released by 12 midnight last night. We are heading back to the river with the hope of retrieving his body. The question is, why will a son of the soil drown in his own local river?”
She said the police have yet to be contacted on the incident and that “If police want to interrogate us, they should come to us. We cannot go to them now.”
People believe the guy was manipulated by evil forces to go to the river at such a time of night.