A 20-year-old male identified as Tunde Fajobi tragically passed away after a swimming accident at the AM 2 PM hotel in Ibafo, following an unauthorised use of the hotel’s pool.
PUNCH Metro learnt on Wednesday that the incident happened on September 29, 2024, at about 11:30 am.
One of our correspondents gathered that the deceased, who attended a party at the hotel with his friends, reportedly went to use the hotel’s pool without informing anyone and without knowing how to swim.
A resident of the area, who pleaded anonymity because he was not authorised to speak with the media, told PUNCH Metro that the deceased was lodged at the hotel, but went to use the pool without knowing how to swim and without telling anyone.
“Something like that happened last week. The young man went to swim but didn’t even know how to swim. He was part of those who lodged at the hotel. He didn’t know how to swim and didn’t tell anyone he wanted to go and swim. Nobody was aware he wanted to swim. It’s when they noticed he was struggling to swim that they quickly took him out of the pool and rescued him”, she said.
Another resident who was around when the incident happened said, “We suspect that he might have been drunk because he left where everybody was and went to the pool alone.”
The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, in a statement obtained by our correspondent on Wednesday, confirmed the incident noting that the deceased used the pool without permission from the relevant quarters.
“The name of the deceased is Tunde Fajobi (m) aged 20 years. He came to a party with his friends at the AM-PM Hotel. After the party, he went to the pool that was locked and accessed it. But he was later discovered to have drowned in the pool by the hotel management. He was rushed to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead on arrival. All this happened on 29/09/2024,” the statement read.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the incident was reported to the police by the deceased’s relative, Omosola Olawale, who attended the party with him alongside other friends.
“On the 29/09/2024 at about 1700 hours, one Omosola Olawale, ‘m’, a relative to the deceased person of no 23, Alhaji Sanni Street, Ibafo, Ogun State, came to the station to report that on the same date at about 1130 hours, he was alerted by the management of the AM-PM Hotel at the above address where he lodged with his brothers and some friends because of a show organised by his younger brother, one Shodipe Ismail, ‘m’, that one of his brothers, Tunde Fajobi, ‘m’, aged 20 years, had drowned in the hotel’s swimming pool”, Odutola continued.
The PPRO stated that the body was checked for signs of violence, but none was found, saying that the body had been deposited at a mortuary and investigations were ongoing.
“Immediately the information was received, the Divisional Police Officer drafted men to the scene. A photograph taken showed no mark of violence on the deceased’s body. The deceased was taken to the Real Divine Hospital mortuary for autopsy, and investigation is still ongoing,” she concluded.
