Student drown in river Osun

Tragedy stuck, Tuesday evening in Osogbo, as two students of a public secondary school in Osun State were discovered drowned in River Osun.


Their lifeless bodies, according to sources, were discovered by a farmer inside the river after two days of searching.

The students, identified as Farinde Boluwatife and Adeyemi Tope, were Senior Secondary School, SS, 3 students of Ataoja High School and were in school on Monday for the ongoing West African Examination Council, WAEC, exams.

They were, however, declared missing that same day, prompting the school authorities to immediately contact their mates and relations.

A source said some mates of the deceased informed the school management that they might have gone to swim at River Osun, located a few meters away from the school.