Ondo Poly Student Drowns
An HND 2 student of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, identified as Olagundoye Oladotun has reportedly drowned in a river at Igbekebo, the headquarters of the Ese Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State, where he allegedly went swimming.
Oladotun was said to have followed his friend, Gboyega to Igbekebo, his country home, when the incident occurred.
It was gathered that the deceased, who was a mathematics student of the RUGIPO, went to the river with Gboyega and some of his other friends to swim but only him died in the river.
The remains of the deceased was said to have been deposited at the Ondo State Government Hospital, Ode Irele.
A source told our correspondent that, “He (Oladotun) and some of his friends, including Gboyega his host, went to the river but only him took off his clothes and jumped into the river and after some time he could not come up again.”
The source further informed that the corpse of deceased was found by the marine police in the town four days after the incident.
According to him, Gboyega and three other friends had been arrested and detained at the Special Investigative Bureau of the Ondo State Police Command for interrogation.
Joseph said, “The report we have is that the deceased followed his friend to a jetty in the town and he took off his clothes and jumped into the river. He told his friend that he was a good swimmer. But some hours after he dived into the river, he did not come up. Later, his lifeless body floated on the river after four days of fruitless search for him.
” His friends are with us helping us in our investigation and autopsy would be conducted on the corpse. ”
The PPRO however noted that there was no suspected foul play in the death of the polytechnic student in the investigation conducted so far.
