The Plateau State Police Command has confirmed the death of two boys, Michael Nyam and Elijah Solomon, who drowned in a Jos dam while trying to retrieve a friend’s shoe.

The victims, aged six and eight years, drowned at the dam in Rayfield Resort, Jos, Plateau State.

An eyewitness, Mr Gyang Pwol, disclosed on Sunday that the boys respectively drowned on Saturday evening.

He said that they were both residents of Rayfield community.

Pwol explained that the duo drowned while trying to get back the shoes of one of their friends that fell into the dam.

“They jumped into the deep water in the dam to rescue a shoe of their friend, unfortunately, the volume of water was too much.

“Before help could come, they got drowned,” he said.

Pwol who also confirmed that their remains had been buried, did not give further details.

However, ASP Ubah Ogaba, the Police Public Relations Officer of Plateau Command, said the incident was not reported to the police.