Two students of the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA,
drowned yesterday evening while reportedly taking selfie pictures on a
canoe inside a river in the town.
The two students who were both on the 300-level, were identified as
Olabiyi Emmanuel from the Agriculture and Environmental Engineering, and
Olukun Babatunde Alex from the department of Project Management
Technology.
President of the Students Union Government, SUG, Comrade Olaseinde Adeyinka confirmed the incident in a statement.
He wrote, “With our heart full of pains, we announce the demise of
two of our colleagues, OLABIYI EMMANUEL, from the department of
Agricultural and Environmental Engineering, 300level, and OLOKUN
BABATUNDE ALEX, from the department of Project Management Technology,
300level.
“The news reached us that they are at the place for their
Entrepreneurship training at the laboratory for Fishery and Aquaculture,
at the back of great hall, Obakekere.
“After the training, four of them decided to take a selfie on the
canoe packed at the venue; during that process, the canoe which the four
of them were in capsized, in which they drowned inside the water; two
of them narrowly escaped because they were able to swim, while the other
two found it difficult to swim, which led to their death.
“Therefore, we implore you all to pay your last respect to our colleagues we lost in this disaster.”
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