The family of Mr Mamtip Kumfa and Mrs Lovina Kumfa have on Tuesday continued the search for their missing two-year-old son Godwin Kumfa.

Godwin Kumfa went missing on Monday morning, and as of Tuesday morning, he remains missing. He was last seen near Meme River, behind the Navy Quarters, Phase Two Extension, in Lokoja, around 7:30 a.m. on Monday.

His father told journalists that he received a distress call from a neighbour around 7:30 a.m. that the boy was missing.

Kumfa, a security guard at a private school, said he returned home to find his wife searching at the riverside.

He explained that his wife had left Godwin sitting by the river while she went to collect sand and returned to find him gone.

“Godwin was left alone by the river while she gathered sand,” Kumfa said, his voice filled with grief.

“Later, we found one of his shoes near Arigbede, about 15 km downstream. I’m lost. Godwin is my only son,” he added.

Godwin’s mother couldn’t control her tears as she pleaded for help and divine intervention.

“I left him just for a while. When I came back, he was gone. Please, God, help me find my child,” she sobbed.

A family friend, Seun Babalola, said they trailed the river path, but could only find the boy’s shoe downstream.

He revealed that a similar tragedy had happened on the same river two years ago, involving another young boy.

“Two years ago, a seven-year-old named Goodluck Friday also drowned here. It’s painful.

“We don’t know if it’s natural or something else. Only God knows,” he said.

The community remains in shock, as family, friends, and neighbours rally around the grieving parents. (The Guardian)