The police command in Ekiti says it is investigating the deaths of four men who drowned in the Osun River along Ajindo in the Okemesi area of the state.
Sunday Abutu, the police spokesperson in Ekiti, said in a statement that two of the victims came from Lagos to attend a burial ceremony at Okemesi.
Abutu said it is unclear how the men drowned considering that the river was neither full nor overflowing its banks at the time of the incident.
“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 statement reads.
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“The two men were with two of their friends who 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.”
In August, three teenage girls drowned in a pond in Buji LGA of Jigawa state.
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