Mrs Sade Adedeji, the aunt of Ayodeji Omiye, who drowned after a downpour collapsed a portion of the Ureje Bridge in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, has bemoaned the demise of the 33-year-old.
Speaking exclusively to our correspondent on Thursday, Adedeji said Ayodeji’s death was painful for she raised him from nine months after his father’s demise 18 years ago.The deceased and two of his friends were on the way to Ekiti State on Monday when a portion of the Ureje Bridge linking Ado Ekiti with the Federal Polytechnic and the Afe Babalola University collapsed to flooding.
Adedeji said, “He was my nephew. He was into buying and selling. He was travelling to Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, in company with two of his friends. He was from Akungba Akoko, Ondo State. He wasn’t married and had no child.’’ “That was how I got to know. When the police called, they didn’t call me directly but they called my son. We gathered that two of his two friends survived the incident but he was found dead 8am the next day. They said one of them was injured. But I have not been able to talk to the person,’’ she said.
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