A 26-year-old man has drowned while swimming in the swimming pool of the National Stadium in Surulere area of Lagos State.
The image maker in charge of the state police command, Bala Elkana, confirmed the incident and added that the police were already investigating the incident.
The police image maker said: “On 17th of November,2019, at about 18:10hrs, Police received a distress call that one Sodiq Yusuf,”m” , 26yrs old, of 26, Horgan Bassey Street, Surulere allegedly got drowned while swimming in the National Stadium swimming pool Surulere.
He added: “A team of policemen was mobilized to the scene. The victim was rescued and rushed to Randle General Hospital, Surulere where he later died.”
He said: “The corpses was deposited at the Mainland General Hospital morgue, Yaba for autopsy. Investigations is ongoing.”
Nigerian Tribune
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