Teenager drowns during swimming expedition in Kwara

<p><strong>A teenager believed to be 17 years old&comma; identified as Abdulkadir&comma; has drowned in an ill-fated swimming expedition in Kwara State&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The incident occurred around 4pm on Thursday at Ora village&comma; Monasara&comma; Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state where he had gone to write the ongoing West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination &lpar;WASSCE&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to a village source&comma; <em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Abdulkabir begged one of the residents&comma; Tosho&comma; 10&comma; and his friend to take him to the river to swim&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;On their way&comma; they met one of the school teachers who enquired where they were going to and they lied to him that they were going to buy bread&period; But he eventually died in the process&semi; and his corpse has been recovered&comma;<&sol;strong><&sol;em>” the source added&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It was gathered that his father&comma; Mr Abdulsalam&comma; who resides in Idi-Ape area of Ilorin&comma; consented to his being buried by the riverside&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;2023-state-by-state-breakdown-of-apc-delegates-in-nigeria&sol;">2023&colon; State-By-State Breakdown Of APC Delegates In Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>The Police Public Relations Officer of the Kwara State Command&comma; Ajayi Okasanmi &lpar;SP&rpar;&comma; when contacted said he has not been briefed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;