Poly student drowned while learning to swim – Rector – Punch Newspapers

Simon Utebor, Yenagoa

The Rector, Federal Polytechnic, Ekowe, Bayelsa State, Dr. Seiyaboh Idah, on Monday said a late student of the institution, Stephen Adekunle, drowned while learning to swim.

Adekunle, a student of Public Administration at the institution, had on Sunday, April 15, 2018, drowned in a river close to the institution.

He allegedly died in the river bordering the polytechnic while reportedly trying to fetch water for domestic use due to lack of water on the campus.

After Adekunle’s death, aggrieved students of the institution had gone on the rampage, protesting against alleged lack of potable water and neglect by the school authorities.

But Ida, who spoke on the school campus in Ekowe, Southern Ijaw, lamented the death of the student, saying that the claim that he died because the school management failed to provide potable water was a lie.

The rector claimed that…