Family Alleges Negligence As 11-Year-Old Boy Dies In Hotel Swimming Pool In Ogun

Family has alleged negligence following the death of 11-year-old Iremide Opeifa in a swimming pool at the Grand Bank Link Hotels along Idiroko Road . Sango Ota , Ogun state on Sunday.

Team@orientactualmags.com learned that Iremide had left his mother’s shop for the hotel  and he was later found dead in the swimming pool.

Iremide’s aunt,  Kehinde Opeifa alleged that no efforts were made by the management team of the hotel to provide any medical care for the deceased boy before his mother arrived at the hospitality outfit.

‘Iremide and his brother were assisting their mother in the shop before she left to buy some things for them as they were planning to resume school on Monday. His brother said he wanted to urinate on their way home, and after that, he did not see him again. So, he went back to the shop.

While looking for his brother, one of their friends said they saw Iremide at Grand Bank Link Hotels. By the time he got there, he saw Iremide lying lifeless on the floor. That was when he ran home to inform his mum. So, when we got there, we saw the body. No effort was even made to take him to the hospital, they just left him there on the floor. We asked the person in charge of the pool why he collected money from such a young boy and allowed him into the swimming pool. So, the mother immediately went to the Police Division at Onipanu Ota to report the incident and thereafter rushed him to the hospital. He was rejected at two different hospitals. When we got to the third one, he was declared as a brought in dead patient’ she said.

 ‘My attention was drawn to the issue at about 4 pm today, so, I ran to the police station and saw the victim’s family. All efforts to get information from them proved abortive. As of now, I have not got any information aside from the one I got from my client. The 12-year-old boy drowned. There are so many facilities provided by the hotel which include life jackets and those that look like tubes. But the boy did not make use of any. That is what I gathered from my client. But the DPO is also on top of the matter. The supposed attendant of the pool is still in police custody as we speak ’ the hotel’s  lawyer , Israel Ozolua, said.

Spokesperson for the state police command, Omolola Odutola,  has also reportedly confirmed the incident.

‘There was a report in Onipanu about a drowning incident on Sunday at about 8:40 pm. A woman named Florence Opeifa reported that her 12-year-old son, Iremide Opeifa, was rushed to the hospital after drowning while swimming with friends at the Grand Park Hotel, Ota.

Sadly, he was confirmed dead at the hospital. Detectives visited the scene, took photos, and the body was taken to the hospital morgue’ she said-Team@orientactualmags.com  Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com.  Thank you