Tragedy
struck at Igbekebo yesterday, the headquarters of Ese-Odo Local Council of Ondo
State, when a student of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Oladotun Olagundoye,
was
found dead in a river.
Olagundoye,
an HND II Mathematics student of the institution, had followed his friend, one
Gboyega, for the burial ceremony of his father on Thursday, August 31, 2017.
The Guardian
gathered that the deceased went to the river with Gboyega and some of his friends
to swim, where he met his untimely death.
“He
(Oladotun) and some of his friends, including Gboyega, his host, went to the
river, but he was the only one who pull off his clothes and jumped into the
river. After some time, he could not come up again,” said a source, who pleaded
for anonymity.
According to
the source, the body of the deceased was found by the marine police in the town
four days after the tragic incident.
He added
that Gboyega and three other friends have been arrested and detained at the
Special Investigative Bureau of the Ondo State Police Command for
interrogation.
The state
Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Femi Joseph, confirmed the incident
and said the command had commenced investigation into the mysterious death.
He said:
“The report we have is that the deceased followed his friend to a jetty in the
town and he put off his clothes and jumped into the river. He told his friend
that he was a good swimmer. But some hours after he jumped into the river, he
did not come up.
“Later his
lifeless body was found floating in the river after four days of frantic
search. His friends are with us helping us in our investigation and autopsy
would be conducted.”
The PPRO,
however, noted that there was no foul play suspected in the death of the
student in the investigation conducted so far.
The body of
the deceased, the police spokesperson said, had been deposited at the Ondo
State Government Hospital, Ode Irele.
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