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

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