Corps Member Drowns In Bauchi River

A National Youth Service Corps member serving
in Bauchi State, Joseph Adebayo, who went on a
picnic to celebrate the end of his service year on
Thursday, got drowned in Gubi River on the
outskirts of Bauchi metropolis.
The Bauchi State Police Command’s Public
Relations Officer, DSP Kamal Datti, who
confirmed the incident to the News Agency of
Nigeria on Friday, said the deceased, along with
two of his colleagues, had boarded a faulty
canoe, which capsized with them.
The spokesman said two of the corps members
were rescued by villagers, while Adebayo got
drowned, adding that his floating corpse was
recovered on Friday.
Datti said: “On Thursday at about 8.30pm the
command received a report from one Mahadi
Sada, a Zonal Inspector of NYSC, that on the
same day at about 5pm, some corps members
attached to Bauchi State Board of Internal
Revenue went on picnic at Gubi dam to celebrate
the end of their service year.
“Three of the corps members boarded a canoe,
but unfortunately, the canoe was faulty, and so
water drifted into it, resulting in the canoe
capsizing.
“However, two of the corps members were
rescued by villagers fishing in the Dam, while
one Joseph Adebayo, 26, who hails from Ogun
State, got drowned and eventually died.”
Datti said the corpse of the deceased was
recovered on Friday at about 8am and deposited
at the mortuary of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi for medical
examination, adding that investigation on the
matter had commenced.

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