A yet-to-be identified student has reportedly died after he got drowned while swimming with his friends in the river.
Trouble started on Monday July 26th 2021 when the deceased student in company of other students of Junior Secondary School, Gbagba, drowned at the Gbagba river in Asa local government area of Ilorin, Kwara State.
It was learnt that after the unidentified student drowned, his friends took to their heels.
An eyewitness who was within the vicinity of the river said the other students fled immediately they discovered that their friend had drowned.
The man who identified himself simply as Mutiu said: “We saw no fewer than six of the Gbagba Secondary School students at the river; suddenly we heard loud screaming, upon rushing down, we discovered that one of the students had drowned in the river.
“Before we could rescue him, he had already died and we saw wounds on his head which suggested that the deceased hit his head on the rock”.
When contacted, the spokesman of the state Police Command, Okasanmi Ajayi said someone called to inform him about the incident in the afternoon.
He, however, said that no official report had been made on the incident, adding that the police will get to the root of the unfortunate incident.
