{"id":9626,"date":"2021-03-17T12:52:27","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T11:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=9626"},"modified":"2021-03-17T12:52:27","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T11:52:27","slug":"12-year-old-boy-drowns-while-swimming-with-friends-in-kwara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/03\/17\/12-year-old-boy-drowns-while-swimming-with-friends-in-kwara\/","title":{"rendered":"12-year-old boy drowns while swimming with friends in Kwara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Calamity as a 12-year-old boy identified as Lekan Benjamin reportedly drowned at Asa River in Ilorin while swimming with his friends.<\/p>\n<p>Confirming the sad incident which happened on Tuesday, March 16, the Director of the Kwara State Fire Service, Falade Olumuyiwa described it as unfortunate.<\/p>\n<p>He said the incident happened when the victim, a pupil of Junior Secondary School, Ilorin, went swimming with some of his classmates while returning from school.<\/p>\n<p>At about 13:21hrs on March 16, the State Fire Service attended to the scene, at Ejiba Road, off Stadium road, Ilorin.<\/p>\n<p>According to the fire officers present at the scene, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/03\/15\/suspected-kidnap-kingpin-who-escaped-arrest-in-oyo-state-after-killing-his-victim-apprehended-in-ogun-photo\/\">victim<\/a>, a boy from Oja-iya Area of Ilorin, was recovered dead from the river by the firemen and handed over to his biological father, Mr Monday Benjamin.<\/p>\n<p>Falade John Olumuyiwa (CFO) consoled the family of the victim and advised parents to watch over their children&#8217;s movement in order to prevent similar occurrences.<\/p>\n<p>See Photos:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9643 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/03\/17\/6051daafc9b87.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"1040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/03\/17\/6051daafc9b87.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/03\/17\/6051daafc9b87-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/03\/17\/6051daafc9b87-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9644 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/03\/17\/6051da7e225ca.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"1040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/03\/17\/6051da7e225ca.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/03\/17\/6051da7e225ca-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/03\/17\/6051da7e225ca-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9645 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/03\/17\/6051da5db763f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/03\/17\/6051da5db763f.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/03\/17\/6051da5db763f-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/03\/17\/6051da5db763f-1024x1005.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/03\/17\/6051da5db763f-768x754.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calamity as a 12-year-old boy identified as Lekan Benjamin reportedly drowned at Asa River in Ilorin while swimming with his friends. Confirming the sad incident which happened on Tuesday, March 16, the Director of the Kwara State Fire Service, Falade Olumuyiwa described it as unfortunate. 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