Tragic: Man drowns while trying to rescue his son in Ogun

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">                                           <img alt="Nigeria_Police_logo" class="attachment-thumbnail-single-image wp-post-image" height="320" src="http://ynaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Nigeria_Police_logo12.jpg" width="285" /></span></div> <div class="entry"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br />Oluwagbeminija Rhodes, a middle-aged commercial bus driver drowned in Abeokuta, Ogun State on Monday while trying to save his son.<br />The deceased was said to have taken his vehicle for washing on the banks of the Ogun River in Lafenwa in the company of his eight-year-old son, Gbeminiyi.<br />He reportedly tried to save the young boy who lost his footing while playing on the banks of the river and started drowning. Rhodes, however, didn’t succeed in his attempt as he was taken away by the strong water currents while his son was rescued and quickly taken to a medical facility where he later regained consciousness.<br />His body was found about 3 kilometers away from the scene of the tragic incident by fishermen who were commissioned to search for his body.<br />According to Adedolapo Adekunle, the chairman of the MAPOLY Shuttle Bus Association, Rhodes body could not be immediately recovered because “the river was full.”<br />“We heard about the incident on Sunday and we consulted the fishermen and other experts immediately but<br /><a href="" name="more"></a>they told us that the river was full and that they had to wait for the body to float the third day or make attempt if there was sufficient sun on Monday,” Adekunle said.<br />“Luckily yesterday (Monday), it was sunny and his body was later recovered at Oniyanrin. We later paid for some rituals before his body was released.”<br />Rhodes, who was the pioneer chairman of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic Shuttle Bus Association, has since been buried.</span></div> </div>

Tragic: Man drowns while trying to rescue his son in Ogun

                                            Oluwagbeminija Rhodes, a middle-aged commercial bus driver drowned in Abeokuta, Ogun State o...

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Pastor Drowns in Kwara State, Nigeria

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <header class="post-header cf" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="featured" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/flooded-apapa-rd1.jpg" itemprop="image" rel="prettyPhoto" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Pastor drowns in Kwara"><span style="color: black;"><img alt="flooded-apapa-rd" class="attachment-main-slider wp-post-image no-display appear" height="300" src="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/flooded-apapa-rd1.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out; border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 0.8; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Pastor drowns in Kwara" width="638" /></span></a></div> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="name" style="border: 0px; float: left; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 35px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 18px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Pastor drowns in Kwara</span></span></h1> <a class="comments" href="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=75580#comments" style="border: 0px; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px -35px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="fa fa-comments-o" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"></span> </span></span></a></header><div class="post-container cf" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="post-content-right" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="post-content description" itemprop="articleBody" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px -1.857em; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">An early morning downpour that lasted for about seven hours yesterday claimed the life of a pastor in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. Daily Sun gathered that the pastor, whose name could not be ascertained before press time, was trying to create water channel for the flood that was caused by the heavy rain, when he slipped into the drainage and was washed away.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It was gathered that the pastor was drowned in the erosion and died before rescue could come his way. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">According to residents, the deceased usually volunteered himself to create water channels whenever there was heavy rainfall. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The rain, which started at about 3am and lasted till 10am stopped many people from going for their legitimate duties. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ajayi Okasanmi confirmed the death of one person, saying the deceased’s identity who could not be immediately ascertained as at the time it was evacuated had been deposited at the University of Ilorin (UITH) morgue.</span></div> <div> <br /></div> <div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.857; margin: 0px 0px 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

Pastor Drowns in Kwara State, Nigeria

Pastor drowns in Kwara   An early morning downpour that lasted for about seven hours yesterday claimed the life of a pastor in Il...

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