By Abdulrasheed Akogun

An unidentified Student of Junior Secondary School, Gbagba, Ilorin Kwara has this afternoon drowned at the Gbagba river.

The deceased according to eyewitness came to the stream with some of his friends to swim, he however drowned leading to his friends taking to their hills.

An eyewitness who identified himself as Mutiu said “We saw no fewer than 6 of the Gbagba Secondary School students at the river, suddenly we held loud crying, upon rushing down, we discovered that one of the Students had drowned, leading to his friends taking to their hills.

“Before we could rescue him, he already died and we saw signs on his head which is likely as a result of him hitting his head on the rock” he added.

As at the time of filing this report, the name of the deceased could not be independently verified.