TRAGEDY. STRUCK As Final Year Student Drowns In Well

A final year student of Computer Science of
Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwasht-uku, at the
weekend fell into a well and drowned while
fleeing from armed robbers.
The student, Victor Onyeka from Ndokwa West
Council Area of the state was reported to have
resumed for this year’s academic session only
last week after spending last semester holiday
with his parents in their community.
According to eyewitness account, Victor was
said to have visited his course mate who lives
in another house within the metropolis on the
day of the incident.
“Around 8:00 pm, he asked his friend to
accompany him to his house so that he could
boil the soup he cooked in the morning of that
day.
“On their way, somewhere around the interior
part of Agidiase quarters where most of the
private hostels were located, a gang of robbers
on a motorcycle accosted Victor, his friend and
two other girls, whom they met on the way as
they were going to the deceased house. They
robbed the two girls and the deceased friend at
gun point. It was at this time the deceased
escaped and ran into a building close to the
area”.
Further findings revealed that his co-students
traced the deceased to the area he ran into only
to discover he had fallen into the well.
“Despite the alarm that was raised by the
students in their bid to save the dying youth,
they could not save him. The owner of the well
was equally handicapped as he could not make
any effort to save the situation,” said another
source.