At about 8: 30 pm on Saturday, August 15, a 42-year-old man identified as Izuchukwu Achusim, drowned at one The Lotus Garden hotel in Onitsha, Anambra state.
The spokesperson of the state police command, Mohammed Haruna, confirming the sad incident said the deceased, a resident of number 35 Guesthouse street in Fegge, visited the hotel to swim with his girlfriend.
”However, the victim who was said to be drunk jumped into the deepest part of the pool and got drowned. The hotel manager and other guests pulled the victim out and rushed him to waterside hospital Onitsha for medical attention but he was later certified death by a medical Doctor on duty” Haruna said in a statement released
Fatal Accident Kills One In Anambra
Haruna said the were informed immediately and the body was photographed and deposited at the hospital mortuary for autopsy.
He further said that the case is under investigation to ascertain the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Haruna further appealed to members of the public who lacked swimming skills to always take precautionary measures by using life jackets provided at the swimming pool in order to avert similar ugly incidents.
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