The body of an unidentified person was found in the Sun-Sun river in Arowomole this evening. It is unclear whether the body was washed upstream from another place, the person accidentally fell into the river, or the person committed suicide by jumping over the bridge. This type of occurrence is a rarity in this part of town and has understandably drawn many on-lookers. On-lookers said that the man has been there since yesterday. The nightguard in charge of the area told us that he encountered the man yesterday and the man pleaded with him not to shoot. Curiously however, it was gathered that members of the Police Force were called upon by the people to the site yesterday. They came, saw the body but they did nothing about it.
It is lamentable that there is no emergency service in Ogbomoso. The death of ths man might have been averted if there is an emergency service and such is called to the place. This is a clarion call to the Government of Oyo State to establish emergency services in all the cities of the State in order to avert this type of tragedy in the future.
The body remains in the river and no effort has been made to remove it.
Unfortunately, we could not get a clear picture of the scene because it was nightfall. We will follow up with the picture as soon as possible
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