CITIZENS COMPASS —A man identified simply as Usman has drowned while swimming in a pool in Popoterry Hotel in the Ogijo area of Sagamu Local Government, Ogun State.

Spokesperson, Ogun State Police Command, SP Omolola Odutola, confirmed this to newsmen. 

She said a friend of Usman, Emmanuel Olaitan, reported that they went for a picnic in Popoterry Hotel and that Usman drowned while swimming in the pool.

Odutola said, “Following the incident, Usman’s body was taken to Oladayo Hospital where the doctor declared him dead,”

She added that the remains of the deceased has been transferred to Jas Mortuary for autopsy.

—Salient Times