The body of one of the students of Ekiti State University (EKSU) Ado-Ekiti, said to have been drowned in the Ekiti River on Sunday evening, was found and recovered.
There were unconfirmed reports last weekend that two undergraduates of the university might have drowned in Ero Dam, in Ikun Ekiti, Moba local government area of Ekiti state, after they were declared missing.
They were said to have met their untimely death while swimming in the river.
Confirming the development, the Ekiti State Command Police Public Relations Officer, Sunday Abutu, a Superintendent of Police, said, “The Corpse of one of the reportedly drowned students of Ekiti State University has been found today at about 18:00hrs floating on the Ero Dam.
“Corpse removed and taken to Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti, for autopsy. Efforts are still ongoing to know the condition of the second student.”
The two students feared to have died in the river were identified as Oluwatobiloba Osho and Oladimeji Victor, who were from the Department of Theatre Arts of the institution.
It was gathered that the duo and their colleagues, accompanied by their supervisor, went to Igogo Ekiti, a neighbouring community, for research work and rehearsal.
The two students were said to have stayed back and headed straight to the dam for sightseeing after their supervisor had concluded the assignment and left Igogo with the team.
They were later declared missing, with the suspicion by some members of the community that they might have drowned in the dam.
Abutu, who had earlier confirmed that the students had been declared missing, disclosed that the police rescue team and fishermen had been searching for them in the dam and surrounding area.
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