Thursday 3 January 2013

17 Year-Old Boy Drowns at Lekki Beach, Lagos

                                                                  Samuel (left) from this photo
Pastor Obu is the head of Latter House of God Church located at 26/27 Guinness Street, Pero bus stop, Agege, Lagos. 

According to PM News, 17 year-old Samuel went to the beach in company of a female member of his father’s church, Comfort Adikpe, 30; her boyfriend, Busayo and her younger brother, Godwin to enjoy themselves.

 The report stated that before Samuel went to the beach on Sunday, he approached his mother to give him transport money. But when she delayed, he went into his mother’s bedroom and picked a N1,000 note for his journey.

 Comfort told PM News that Samuel drowned at the beach when he and her brother, Godwin, went to play in the Atlantic sea waves. “When the wave swept him away, we begged the divers to rescue Samuel and after some efforts they retreated when the wave was about sweeping them away also,” she said. She added that when the matter was later reported at the police station at about 7.35 p.m on that fateful day, she was detained till the following morning when she was released.

Comfort, a recharge card seller who hails from Benue State, north-central Nigeria, added that Samuel and Godwin were drummers at Latter House of God founded by Samuel’s father. When PM News visited the Pastor’s residence yesterday, the mother of the late Samuel was still in shock.

All she could manage to say was, “we are still confused about what happened to my first child.”

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

This was devil handwork

Anonymous said...

Poor boy,guess he was too excited and just jumped into the beach

Anonymous said...

Very confusing indeed

Anonymous said...

RIP,its not anybody's portion to bury their children

Anonymous said...

Its too late to blame anybody,but the so called woman(adult)should have kept on eye on him

Cisxo said...

There is no room to start talking about what is not a solution or that will not console the parents.
Rip

Anonymous said...

My heart goes to the parents,Xmas must have been a nightmare for them

Anonymous said...

God will heal you guys,in everything give thanks to God

Anonymous said...

Not easy losing a child,may God comfort you