World Bank Contractor’s Son and 3 Others Who Drowned in Ekiti River (Graphic Photo)

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World Bank Contractor's Son and 3 Others Who Drowned in Ekiti River (Graphic Photo)

The corpses of four persons including a man believed to be the son of a World Bank contractor, who drowned in Egbe River in Egbe community of Gbonyin Local Government Area of Ekiti State, have been recovered few hours ago.


World Bank Contractor's Son and 3 Others Who Drowned in Ekiti River (Graphic Photo) 1


World Bank Contractor's Son and 3 Others Who Drowned in Ekiti River (Graphic Photo) 2

According to reports, the four were said to be workers on a World Bank assessment mission to the river and had commenced work on Tuesday night when the boat in which seven of them and their equipment were allegedly sailing capsized.

The report says four of the occupants of the boat, who didn’t wear life-jackets died while three others survived, as the bodies of the dead were fished out by local fishermen, who were mobilised by the chairman of Gbonyin Local Government Area, Mrs. Folasade Akinrinmola.

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