Four World Bank officials have drowned at Egbe Dam in Egbe Ekiti, Gbonyin Local Government Area of Ekiti State, South-West Nigeria, the News Agency of Nigeria is reporting.
Egbe Dam is the biggest of the six dams in the state.
Folasade Akinrinmola, the chairman of the council and the state police command confirmed the incident to journalists on Thursday.
Mr. Akinrinmola said the incident which occurred on Wednesday night involved a team of seven contractors employed by the World Bank on an assessment mission to the dam.
She said the team commenced work on Tuesday night from a section of the dam and that the incident happened when they moved to the other section on Wednesday.
She said the 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.”
“One of the dead victims was said to be the son of the leader of the team who providentially escaped unhurt.
“We believe that they came to Ekiti based on some of the proposals we had written on the dam on how it can be put to use.
“We believe that the World Bank has started work on the dam based on their findings,” she said.
The council boss, who described the incident as sad and unfortunate , added that the bodies of the dead had since been deposited at the mortuary in Ode-Ekiti, the headquarters of the council area.
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,” Mr. Adeyemi, a deputy superintendent of police, said.
(NAN)

ganisucks:
Nigerians will regret ever voting for APC. When people say that by 2017, Nigerians will be eating each other due to extreme poverty, APCites will be talking balderdash. Without investment, let us see how the government will reach its $42 per barrel pipe dream.

ganisucks:
Nigerians will regret ever voting for APC. When people say that by 2017, Nigerians will be eating each other due to extreme poverty, APCites will be talking balderdash. Without investment, let us see how the government will reach its $42 per barrel pipe dream.

Swissheart:
Awwww.......

doctokwus:

Let me help your day to become brighter because u dwell on APC bad news,which isn't your fault anyway,incompetence cannot be disguised.U cud copy and paste the story if u find it,front page is guaranteed:hearing IDP's have blocked maiduguri highway,protesting over being shut in and starved to death by the govt.
I am predicting that the first people centred mass protest against this govt is soon on the horizon,I only fear the aftermath.

When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn - Proverb 29:2

ganisucks:
Nigerians will regret ever voting for APC. When people say that by 2017, Nigerians will be eating each other due to extreme poverty, APCites will be talking balderdash. Without investment, let us see how the government will reach its $42 per barrel pipe dream.

Funlordjnr:



How does this event involve the apc again? Or Is ekiti state now being ruled by the apc?



Instead of you to complain about how that _stupid, ponmo slicing thief called fayose could not provide an adequate security and safety detail to a group of officials trying to bring some form of infrastructural development to his pathetic state you are here crying about inconsequential things!



Was it apc that told him to hide over N2 billion of the states cash in his zenith bank account and told him not to pay salaries and pensions for months or to allow the danger in the dam to fester?



This your career in wailing has completely diminished your ability to apply deductive reasoning in your daily pursuits! Pele.......

Funlordjnr:



How does this event involve the apc again? Or Is ekiti state now being ruled by the apc?



Instead of you to complain about how that _stupid, ponmo slicing thief called fayose could not provide an adequate security and safety detail to a group of officials trying to bring some form of infrastructural development to his pathetic state you are here crying about inconsequential things!



Was it apc that told him to hide over N2 billion of the states cash in his zenith bank account and told him not to pay salaries and pensions for months or to allow the danger in the dam to fester?



This your career in wailing has completely diminished your ability to apply deductive reasoning in your daily pursuits! Pele.......

ganisucks:
Nigerians will regret ever voting for APC. When people say that by 2017, Nigerians will be eating each other due to extreme poverty, APCites will be talking balderdash. Without investment, let us see how the government will reach its $42 per barrel pipe dream.

Funlordjnr:



How does this event involve the apc again? Or Is ekiti state now being ruled by the apc?



Instead of you to complain about how that _stupid, ponmo slicing thief called fayose could not provide an adequate security and safety detail to a group of officials trying to bring some form of infrastructural development to his pathetic state you are here crying about inconsequential things!



Was it apc that told him to hide over N2 billion of the states cash in his zenith bank account and told him not to pay salaries and pensions for months or to allow the danger in the dam to fester?



This your career in wailing has completely diminished your ability to apply deductive reasoning in your daily pursuits! Pele.......

ganisucks:
Nigerians will regret ever voting for APC. When people say that by 2017, Nigerians will be eating each other due to extreme poverty, APCites will be talking balderdash. Without investment, let us see how the government will reach its $42 per barrel pipe dream.