A member of the Natonal Youth Service Corps, Ondo State, Miss Juliet Irorohboje, who died in a boat mishap in the coastal area of the state last week, has been buried amidst tears.
The deceased was buried at the bank of
Igbokoda River where she died about
2.25pm Tuesday, just as the NYSC has
expressed its readiness to redeploy corps
members who have phobia for river to
other parts of the state.
The burial had in attendance the family of
the deceased from Ughelli, state NYSC
officials, officials of the Ondo State Oil
Mineral Producing Area Development
Commission, OSOPADEC, corps members,
students and Chairman of Ilaje Local
Government, Soji Ayenuro.
Irorohboje got drowned last week along
Ilepete – Igbokoda waterway when the
boat that was conveying her and her
fiancé caught fire while the operator was
trying to refill it without switching off the
engine.
To avoid being burnt by the fire, the
deceased jumped into the river and got
drowned in the process.
Her corpse was later recovered the
following day by marine policemen at
Igbokoda.
Friends, colleagues and family members
of the deceased wept uncontrollably as
her body was lowered into the grave at
the bank of Igbokoda River.
The state NYSC Coordinator, Kuoye Isiaka
Olanrewaju, in a message delivered on his
behalf at the burial, described
Irorohboje’s death as shocking and
irreparable loss to her family and the
country.
Kuoye said his office was prepared to
redeploy any corps member that had
phobia for river in the area to other parts
of the state.
He said: “We are prepared and willing to
redeploy any corps member that has
phobia for river to other parts of the
state. This will have to be for only those
of you that are not used to river or that
are afraid to travel on water
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Rest in Peace...fellow corpa