The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Jigawa State Command, has confirmed the death of a 15-year-old boy, Isah Muhammad, who drowned in a pond popularly known as Sterling Pond along Disina Road in Dutse Local Government Area. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASC Badruddeen Tijjani Mahmud, confirmed the incident in a statement issued to newsmen. ‎The tragic incident occurred on Tuesday at about 4:30 p.m. while the victim, a resident of Bokoto Quarters in Dutse, was reportedly swimming in the pond. ‎‎According to the statement, the officers evacuated the victim to the General Hospital, Dutse, where a medical doctor confirmed him dead. ‎‎The State Commandant of the NSCDC, Muhammad Kabiru Ingawa, expressed condolences to the family over the loss of the teenager.