Four World Bank officials had been reportedly drowned at Egbe Dam in Egbe Ekiti, Gbonyin Local Government Area of Ekiti State. Egbe Dam is the biggest of the six dams in the state.
Egbe dam
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.”
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.
Egbe dam
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.”
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.
