Shocking: Final Year Students Drowns In A well While Trying To Escape Robbers In Delta

 

A HND II student from the department of computer science in Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku, Aniocha South local government area, lost his life after drowning in a well while fleeing from armed robbers.

The student who ws identified as Victor Onyeka from Ndokwa West Council Area of the state resumed the academic section just like every other student but would not be finishing it.

A witness told reporters that the deceased visited his course mate  around the area on the fateful day.

“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.”

Reports has it that the victim ran into a building and unfortunately fell into a well close to the building where he got drowned.

When the robbers have left and his friends waited in vain for him to come out of the building, they decided to search for him after which they discovered that he had fallen into the well close by and drowned.

Another witness who confirmed the incidents said: “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.”