An indigene of Benue State, one Sunday Ogah, reportedly drowned in the Eyinwa River in the Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State on Saturday.
One Abayomi Otusanya of Igbe Laara, Ikorodu, Lagos State, was said to have reported the tragic incident to the Odogbolu Divisional Police Station.
The spokesperson for the Ogun State Police Command, Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday.
Otusanya was said to have informed the police that he brought the deceased, who happened to be his friend, into Eyinwa around 12pm.
He explained that he did not know when his friend, Ogah, left him and went to an unknown destination.
The statement partly read: “It was a disheartening afternoon for people of the Eyinwa Community in Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State where one Otusanya Abayomi ‘m’ of Igbe Laara, Ikorodu, Lagos State, reported at the Odogbolu Divisional Police Station that at about 1200hrs on 30/03/2024, he came with his friend, one Sunday Ogah ‘m’, 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 ‘m’ had gone to swim in the Eyinwa River where his friend drowned.
“Upon receipt of the information, the DPO Odogbolu detailed surveillance police officers in collaboration with some local divers to locate the corpse, but their efforts proved abortive.”
Odutola added, “Efforts are still ongoing to recover the corpse and further reach out to the family to inform them of the sad occurrence.”
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Alamutu Abiodun, while extending his deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of the deceased, assured that the command remained committed to promoting public safety and preventing such tragedies in the future.
He further warned restive young persons to steer clear of rivers whose depth they cannot predict.
