By: Ade Phillips
The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the drowning incident of a young man identified as Sunday Ogah in Eyinwa River, situated in Odogbolu Local Government Area of the state.
SP Omolola Odutola, spokesperson for the command, affirmed that the incident took place on Saturday.
Ogah, originally from Igede in Benue State but residing in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, accompanied his friend, Otusanya Abayomi of Igbe Ilara, Ikorodu, Lagos State, to the Eyinwa community in Odogbolu.
However, during their visit, Ogah reportedly went for a swim in the river without informing his friend and tragically drowned.
Search efforts for Ogah’s body are ongoing, with police personnel and local divers combing the river shores in an attempt to locate him.
“It was a disheartening afternoon for the people of Eyinwa Community in Odogbolu Local Government Area, where one Otusanya Abayomi of Igbe Ilara Ikorodu, Lagos State, reported the incident at Odogbolu Divisional Police Station.
“He reported that at about noon on Saturday, he came with his friend, one Sunday Ogah, an Igede man from Benue state to his community.
“He stated further that his deceased friend left him and others to an unknown destination without notifying anyone.
“Information later got to him that the said Sunday Ogah had gone swimming at Eyinwa River, where he got drowned,” she said.
Odutola stated that upon receipt of the information, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Odogbolu detailed surveillance officers in collaboration with local divers to locate the corpse, but their efforts proved abortive.
She said that efforts were still ongoing to recover the corpse and further reach out to the family to inform them of the sad occurrence.
The spokesperson reported the Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu, to have warned restive young people to steer clear of rivers whose depth they could not predict.
Alamutu assured that the command remained committed to promoting public safety and preventing such tragedies in the future.
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