My child was wrapped on my back but she was swept away, her body hasn’t been seen — mother

*I managed to swim out with my baby but she   was dead when I made it out – another mother
By Peter Duru, Makurdi
The people of Daudu community in Mbalagh Council Ward of Makurdi Local Government Area had set out last Saturday on a solemn mission, to bid farewell to one of their own.
They travelled across the River Benue to Wadata, a bustling suburb of Makurdi, to attend the burial of a female member of their community. It was a journey they had made countless times before, one dictated by their location and sustained by necessity.
But as dusk settled and they began the trip back home, grief was waiting for them on the water. A violent windstorm that swept through Makurdi that eve...