Four burial ceremony guests drown in ekiti state

Four young men have been reported drown at a shallow river after attending an event in Okemesi-Ekiti, headquarters of Okemesi-Ido-Ile Local Council Development Authority (LCDA) in Ekiti State, but it was yet clear how the incident happened.

Penpushing reports that the Ekiti State Police Command Public Relations Officer Sunday Abutu, on Monday said investigations were on to unravel the actual cause of death, pointing out that It was, however, not clear how the adults drowned, especially at a near dry season period, when the river was    neither full, nor overflowing its banks

“A distress report received on Sunday, has it that on Sunday, a 23-year-old man and a 25-year-old man, who are natives of Okemesi-Ekiti went to River Osun Ajindo/Idoile road to swim. The two men were with two of their friends that came from Lagos State to attend a burial ceremony, which took place at Okemesi. The four young men unfortunately got drowned. Their bodies have been recovered, and deposited in the morgue, while investigation is underway.

Penpushing further reports that the victims, whose names unknown as at the time of filing this report reportedly came from Lagos, allegedly drowned on Sunday, while swimming in Osun River, along Ajindo, Ikoro-Ekiti Road, Okemesi Ekiti, but sources disclosed that two of the deceased were from Aworogun household in Okemesi, while the other two were from Lagos State,

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