Four World Bank officials drowned in Ekiti dam.
Four World Bank officials drowned in Ekiti dam.
Four World Bank officials had been
reportedly drowned at Egbe Dam in
Egbe Ekiti, Gbonyin Local Government
Area of Ekiti State, the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) reports.
Egbe Dam is the biggest of the six
dams in the state.
Mrs Folasade Akinrinmola, the
chairman of the council and the state
police command confirmed this
development to newsmen on Thursday.
Akinrinmola said that the incident which
occurred on Wednesday’s night involved
a team of seven contractors employed
by the World Bank on an assessment
mission to the dam.
She said that the team had commenced
work on Tuesday night from a section
of the dam and moving to the other
section when the incident happened on
Wednesday.
She said that traditional ruler of Egbe
notified her of the incident.
“We immediately mobilised a rescue
team and an ambulance, and in the
process, those wearing life jackets were
rescued.
“The rescued people were the ones who
told us that others were in the water.
The bodies of those that had drowned
were later retrieved by the local
fishermen.”
“One of the dead victims was said to be
the son of the leader of the team who
providentially escaped unhurt.
“We believe that they came to Ekiti
based on some of the proposals we had
written on the dam on how it can be put
to use. We believe that the World Bank
has started work on the dam based on
their findings,” she said.
The council boss who described the
incident as sad and unfortunate , added
that the bodies of the dead had since
been deposited at the mortuary in Ode-
Ekiti, the headquarters of the council
area.
DSP Alberto Adeyemi, the Police Public
Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Ekiti
State Police Command, also confirmed
the incident.
“It is true that the boat transporting the
team capsized, four of them died while
three survived,” he said.
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