Fatile Emmanuel, a 300-level student of the Department of Pharmacy, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun state, Nigeria, has died after drowning in a swimming pool at a hotel in Ile-Ife, Osun State.
According to reports, Emmanuel and two of his friends visited the Hilton hotel on Sunday to swim.
Farombi Oluwaseun, the Public Relations Officer of the Pharmaceutical Students Association confirmed the death of the student. He said he was called by one Dr Akinwale of the university’s teaching hospital to identify the deceased after his body was recovered and taken to the hospital.
Police officers from Moore Divisional Unit in the town have since arrested the two other students who were with the deceased as well as an official of the hotel.
There were rumours among students that the deceased died due to the absence of a life jacket and that he was murdered.
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