A 23-year-old undergraduate of the University of Port Harcourt simply identified as Maxwell has mysteriously drowned in Amekpa area of Ughelli Delta.
Nigeriacrime.com learned that Maxwell’s corpse was discovered floating in the sand dredging muddy waters area of Amekpa.
A neighbour of the deceased who crave anonymity said Maxwell sank off a little canoe while crossing the dredging site with friends.
According to her, “On Sunday there was confusion in our area as news filtered in that Maxwell drown in a capsized canoe as they attempted to cross the dredging area.
“The friends came to tell the parents. Efforts were made to find the corpse. Yesterday morning (Tuesday) the corpse floated. There was confusion, as sacrifices were ordered to be made before he can be buried near the scene.
“This boy is supposed to be writing his exam in Uniport, but he came back some time now. He’s always moving with those Trouser-sagging boys with dreadlocks.
“He has caused severe pain to his parents, I was with the mother, and the father has remained inconsolable. What he and his friends were searching for in the dirty waters remains unknown.” Our source added.
In a related development, the Oyo State House of Assembly has mandated a comprehensive and result-oriented investigation into the killing of one resident and sustenance of serious bullet injuries by two others by men of the Nigerian Customs Service, NSC, at Iwere-lle in Iwajowa Local Government on June 23, 2023, to ensure that family of the deceased and other victims are adequately compensated.
The deceased was Olanrewaju Quadri and the other victims that sustained injuries were Alaba Oluwatobi and Joshua Ikeade Dada.
The resolution followed the adoption of a matter of urgent public importance, brought before the assembly by a lawmaker representing Iwajowa state constituency, Mr. Anthony Ogunsola.
Ogunsola, during the plenary of the assembly yesterday, presided over by the Speaker, Mr Adebo Ogundoyin, noted with dismay, the alarming rate of extra-judicial killings by security agencies in Nigeria with no or less attention paid to the syndicate by the government over the years.
The lawmaker opined that at various times, the cases of these extra-judicial killings by the security agencies are seen as a breach of Fundamental Human Rights of Nigerians as enshrined in Chapter (iv) section 34 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as altered)
According to him, this section deals with the right of dignity of the human person in Nigeria and however, provided that every individual is entitled to respect for the dignity of his person.