Fun seeker drowns in Ogun River

A fun-seeker identified as Sunday Ogah from Benue State on Saturday drowned in the Eyinwa River in Eyinwa community in Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State.

The incident threw the Eyinwa community into disarray.

It was gathered that the incident occurred around noon when Ogah, who was said to have accompanied his friend, Otusanya Abayomi, to the community, visited the river to have fun.

A source said that the victim did not tell his friend before leaving for the river to swim.

The spokesperson for the Ogun State Police Command, Omolola Odutola, while confirming the incident, said efforts were ongoing to retrieve Ogah’s corpse and inform his relatives about the incident.

“It was a disheartening afternoon for people of Eyinwa Community in Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State where one Otusanya Abayomi ’m’ of Igbe Ilara, Ikorodu, Lagos State reported at Odogbolu Divisional Police Station that at about 1200hrs today, March 30, 2024, he came with his friend, one Sunday, Ogah ’m’, an Igede man from Benue State to his community.

“He stated further that his friend left him and others at an unknown destination without notifying anyone.

“Information later got to him that the said Sunday Ogah ’m’ had gone to swim at the Eyinwa River, where he got drowned,” Odutola disclosed.

The command advised fun seekers, visitors and other residents of the state to steer clear of swimming in rivers whose depths are unpredictable.