TRAGEDY!! Polytechnic student dies while controlling traffic in Delta State

A polytechnic graduate identified as Chinedu Igboke from Ebonyi State, was swept away by a ravaging flood into Anwai River in Asaba, Delta State on Monday evening .

It was gathered that the flood was caused by the torrential rain that pounded the capital city throughout the day.

According to a witness, Chinedu who was in his thirties was controlling traffic which built up on Shekinah love Assembly street following the gridlock along Okpanam road, when he missed his steps and fell into the uncovered gutter along the road .

Before help could come, he had already floated into the deep tunnel which channels storm water from the area into Anwai River.

The deceased before his death was working as a security guard in a private school along Shekinah love Assembly street, off Ralph Uwechue Way, Okpanam Road, Asaba ,

“When he fell into the water, he slammed his head against the concrete walls of the gutter. So he might have lost strength to swim against the tide before being floated helplessly into the tunnel”
“The school authority where Igboke worked as a security guard, mobilised divers and swimmers to comb Anwai Rivers. We suspect that the body might be hanging somewhere along this tunnel because of blockade inside. We went with them to the river but they could not recover his body,”the witness said .