Flood: One child missing as police rescue nine others in drowning school bus

Police in Anambra have rescued seven schoolchildren and two adults from drowning as their school bus got stuck in a flood occasioned by high rainfall on Tuesday. One schoolchild was however declared after the incident.
The incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, September 22, 2026, when the schoolchildren and adults were caught in the flood while travelling along Nibo–Isiagu Road in Awka, Anambra State.
The Anambra State Police Command spokesperson, Tochukwu Ikenga in a press release said its Safe School Operatives, working with concerned members of the community, swiftly mobilised to the scene after receiving information about the incident and rescued the nine victims to saf...