A 19-year-old student, Mwafor Emmanuel, has reportedly drowned at Owena, Ondo East Local Government Area of Ondo State.
It was learnt that Emmanuel, who was a Senior Secondary School student II of Owena Community Grammer School died while swimming inside the river.
The deceased left his school uniform and sandals at the bank of the river before he drowned, a source disclosed.
One of them, Joseph Akinlolu, explained that a search party that was quickly set up sighted the ‘dead body’ of Mwafor after the students raised the alarm.
“He (Emmanuel) had gone to the river, which was at the back of the school, to swim. It was later other students discovered that they could no longer see him.
“Immediately a search party was put in place. We started searching everywhere but we noticed he had already drowned and his dead body floated at the end of the river,” one of the sources said.
It was further gathered that the incident had already thrown the entire community and students of the school into mourning.
Meanwhile, Mrs Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, the Police Public Relations Officer in Ondo state who confirmed the incident on Thursday, described it as unfortunate.
“The police is currently investigating the case,” she added.