According
to report, four of the world Bank team was reported to have drowned in Egbe
river in Egbe community area of Gbonyin local government, ekiti state.
The four were said to be workers on a World Bank assessment mission to the river and had commenced work on Tuesday night.
They were said to have come from the Development Dams and Irrigation Schemes, Kaduna State and had died when the boat carrying seven of them and their equipment capsized.
The four were said to be workers on a World Bank assessment mission to the river and had commenced work on Tuesday night.
They were said to have come from the Development Dams and Irrigation Schemes, Kaduna State and had died when the boat carrying seven of them and their equipment capsized.
Sources said four of the
occupants of the boat, who did not wear life jackets died while three others
survived.
Bamidele Waheed
Alayande, Tirimisiyu Alaran, David Malu and one Albert.
The three survivors –
The three survivors –
Charles Ehinlaye, Bukky
Ajet and Yahaya Mohammed are receiving treatment in the hospital.
The bodies of the dead were fished out by local fishermen, who were said to have been mobilised by the Chairman of Gbonyin Local Government Area, Mrs. Folasade Akinrinmola.
The Ekiti State Commissioner for Information, Lanre Ogunsuyi, who had visited the scene, described the accident as unfortunate.
The bodies of the dead were fished out by local fishermen, who were said to have been mobilised by the Chairman of Gbonyin Local Government Area, Mrs. Folasade Akinrinmola.
The Ekiti State Commissioner for Information, Lanre Ogunsuyi, who had visited the scene, described the accident as unfortunate.
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