Girl, 12, dies after falling into pit latrine

A 12-year-old girl, Blessing, reportedly died when she fell into a pit latrine at Asin-Ekiti, in Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti State.
A witness, Mrs Ruth Bamidele, said on Thursday that the deceased was running an errand for her parents on Monday evening when the incident occurred.
Bamidele said the girl mistakenly stepped on rusty and weak concrete that covered the pit latrine and fell inside with nobody around to rescue her.

Tragedy of girl, 12, who was found hanged hours after arguing with her mother over her untidy bedroom

Katie Webb was found hanged in her bedroom on April 24 this year

A 12-year-old girl was found hanged in her bedroom after she had argued with her mother about being untidy, an inquest has heard.
Katie Webb was found unconscious in her bedroom on April 24, this year.
Her devastated father Daniel, 34, told an inquest he had a row with Katie two days before she died but put her mood 'down to hormones'.
Her mother Anne, 32, also told the hearing she had 'argued' with Katie on the day of her death about her messy bedroom at the family home in Evesham, Worcestershire.
Speaking at the hearing at Stourport Coroner’s Court on Monday, Mr Webb said: 'It was mine and Katie’s very first spat. I put it down to hormones.'
Two days later he heard a loud scream from his wife Anne who had discovered their daughter hanged in her bedroom.