Corpses of two pupils from Ijetu area of Osogbo were discovered in Osun River, a situation that threw the whole community into mourning. A woman had gone to the river to fetch water when she found the corpses of the two pupils floating on the river. The pupils were identified as Samson Obasanjo and Kabiru, pupils of Junior Secondary School 2 at Ife-Oluwa Middle School, Osogbo.


Punch reported that the pupils had gone missing on Monday, while their parents and other relatives had been looking for them. The parents were said to have broken down in tears on seeing the corpses of their children on Wednesday when their bodies were recovered.

It was revealed that seven pupils had gone to the area where the incident happened to pluck some fruits. One of the victims was said to have jumped inside the river to swim to the other side of the river where a cherry tree was, but did not come out. After a while, the second victim reportedly jumped inside the river to see why the first had not come out and he too disappeared.

The remaining five pupils were said to have waited for the two victims to come out, but after the duo did not come out, they were said to have sworn to an oath that they would not disclose what happened to their colleagues to anybody.

The Head, Disaster Rescue Team of the NSCDC in Osun State, Mr. Olufemi Awofade, who confirmed the incident to our correspondent, said the team had removed the corpses of the pupils. He said after recovering the corpses of the pupils, their parents took charge and called the worshipers of Osun goddess to perform some rites on them before burial at the riverbank.