Man Drowns Trying To Save Son From Drowning In Abeokuta

Tragedy  struck in Abeokuta when a middle-aged commercial bus driver, Oluwagbeminija Rhodes, allegedly drowned in Ogun River on Sunday while trying to save his drowning son, Gbeminiyi.

 Tragedy occurred when the late driver, who was the pioneer chairman of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Shuttle Bus Association, reportedly took his bus for washing at the Ogun river bank at Lafenwa end.

The deceased was accompanied by his eight-year-old son, Gbeminiyi who was reportedly playing at the river bank but suddenly missed his steps and fell inside the river, this prompted his father to jump in to rescue him.

The deceased could not rescue his son but drowned while the son was later rescued by some people living near the river bank.

 Gbeminiyi was rushed to the hospital where he regained consciousness but his father’s floating corpse surfaced at Oriyanrin area, about three kilometres from the scene of the incident the following day and was recovered by fishermen contracted to search for it.culled