A pastor of a branch of
Christ Apostolic Church in Ile Ife, Osun State identified only as Balogun, and
his wife have been arrested by the Osun State Police Command following the
death of two teenagers from their church inside a swimming pool in Osogbo
during a Christmas party.
Punch gathered on
Sunday that the church had organised a programme for the youths of the church
at a popular recreational park in Osogbo on December 23.
The victims: Ayomide
Fagbola aged 17 and Ifeoluwa, who was in Junior Secondary School 2 were said to
have died inside the swimming pool during the programme.
A family friend of the
Fagbolas told Punch’s correspondent that Ifeoluwa was the first to fall inside
the pool and Ayomide, in an attempt to rescue his friend, also dived into the
water where he drowned.
The teenagers were said
to have been taken to the park where the party was held by the youth leader of
the church identified only as Isaac. The unfortunate incident happened during
one of the activities.
Isaac was said to have
been too scared to report the case to the families of the deceased when they
returned to Ile Ife.
The leader reportedly
went into hiding out of fear and the colleagues of the unfortunate kids were
said to have taken the bags used by the dead children to their parents.
The parents were said
to have waited for hours for their children to come back home but they waited
in vain.
The bereaved parents
were said to have gone to the church but found the place to be locked before
reporting at the police station that their children were missing.
The source said, “They
went to Osogbo for an excursion and one of the boys, Ifeoluwa, was said to have
fallen inside the pool and Ayomide tried to rescue him and he also got drowned.
“The parents of the
victims were not told what happened to their children. The youth leader just
packed their clothes and shoes inside their bags and sent them to their
parents.
“Their parents waited
for hours and raised the alarm when it was getting late and they did not see
their children.”
“Some members of the
Fagbola family and those from the other family went to Osogbo and searched for
the children but they later found their corpses at the mortuary of a missionary
hospital in Osogbo where their bodies were deposited.
“A deep cut was found
on the thigh of Ayomide and the cut is giving many of us reason to be worried.
Could somebody who was drowned in a pool have a cut on his thigh?”
The police were said to
have searched for the youth leader and eventually located the pastor and his
wife at their residence where they were arrested.
The arrested persons
were said to have been taken to the Police Headquarters in Osogbo where they
are currently being interrogated.
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