The Bayelsa State Police Command has declared manhunt for friends of a student whose corpse was discovered in a swimming pool in an hotel.
Niger Delta Herald reports that a student of the Mathematics and Statistics Education was found dead in an hotel.
The deceased was said have accompanied his friends for a swimming exercise but was later not seen .
The body was discovered by staff of the hotel and the discovery was reported to the school authorities.
The police spokesperson Asinim Butswat in a statement said the police is on the trail of the friends of the deceased who accompanied him to the swimming pool.
The statement read:
“OTUOKE DROWNING INCIDENT: POLICE ON THE TRAIL OF SUSPECTS”
“On 25th April 2023, at about 2000 hours the Command got a report that a corpse was found floating in a swimming pool at a popular event Center at Otuoke, Ogbia Local Government Area.
“A team of operatives visited the scene and evacuated the corpse to the mortuary for autopsy.
“Preliminary investigation reveals that the deceased Bright Akhere 21 years, a student from the Department of Mathematics in the Federal University Otuoke, was with his friends at the swimming pool the previous evening, 24th April and the friends left the pool at about 1700 hours.
“Police are on the trail of the friends who are now at large.
“Investigation is ongoing to unravel the circumstances surrounding the suspected drowning of the student.”
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