A serving Judge of High Court Of Akwa Ibom, Hon. Justice
Winifred Effiong on Sunday, lost his two brothers to drowning.
An eyewitness, who claimed anonymity, said that the drowning of
the two brothers occurred on April 8 when they were at the beach
with family members for picnic.
He said that one of the victims was eating with his family and
friends after which he went to swim.
“The victim was eating with his wife and children and after
that, he went to swim and immediately raised alarm that he was
drowning,’’ the witness said.
The witness said that the other victim, out of sympathy, jumped
into the ocean to save the drowning brother but was carried away by
the scourge of the ocean.
The witness said further that the victims would not have died if
the beach had a management and safety guides.
The eyewitness said that bodies came out of Ibeno beach
shore-line in the early hours of April 9.
An indigene of Ibeno, Ibeno Local Government of Akwa Ibom, Chief
Mkpaeto Uleato, has called for adequate security measures at Ibeno
beach where two brothers drowned during a picnic.
He said that although the state government generated revenue
from the tourists that visited the beach, there ought to be
measures to guarantee tourists’ safety.
According to him, Ibeno is the longest and attractive beach in
West Africa located at Iwuokpom community.
He pleaded that the state government should take over the
management of the recreation centre for revenue generation and
tourism.
When contacted, the Chairman of Ibeno Local Government Area, Mr
Ifum Udoh, said that the authority was working to checkmate loss of
lives in the beach.
He also said that the state government had concluded plans to
take over the beach.
But the DSP MacDon Achebe, the Akwa Ibom Police Public Relations
Officer, said that the police were not aware of the incident.
He, nonetheless, said that the Nigeria Police Division in Ibeno
had yet to give information of such incident to the police command
in Uyo.
Owing to the incident, the Judge would not sit on Monday and
today and is not likely going to sit this week.
A serving Judge of High Court Of Akwa Ibom, Hon. Justice
Winifred Effiong on Sunday, lost his two brothers to drowning.
An eyewitness, who claimed anonymity, said that the drowning of
the two brothers occurred on April 8 when they were at the beach
with family members for picnic.
He said that one of the victims was eating with his family and
friends after which he went to swim.
“The victim was eating with his wife and children and after
that, he went to swim and immediately raised alarm that he was
drowning,’’ the witness said.
The witness said that the other victim, out of sympathy, jumped
into the ocean to save the drowning brother but was carried away by
the scourge of the ocean.
The witness said further that the victims would not have died if
the beach had a management and safety guides.
The eyewitness said that bodies came out of Ibeno beach
shore-line in the early hours of April 9.
An indigene of Ibeno, Ibeno Local Government of Akwa Ibom, Chief
Mkpaeto Uleato, has called for adequate security measures at Ibeno
beach where two brothers drowned during a picnic.
He said that although the state government generated revenue
from the tourists that visited the beach, there ought to be
measures to guarantee tourists’ safety.
According to him, Ibeno is the longest and attractive beach in
West Africa located at Iwuokpom community.
He pleaded that the state government should take over the
management of the recreation centre for revenue generation and
tourism.
When contacted, the Chairman of Ibeno Local Government Area, Mr
Ifum Udoh, said that the authority was working to checkmate loss of
lives in the beach.
He also said that the state government had concluded plans to
take over the beach.
But the DSP MacDon Achebe, the Akwa Ibom Police Public Relations
Officer, said that the police were not aware of the incident.
He, nonetheless, said that the Nigeria Police Division in Ibeno
had yet to give information of such incident to the police command
in Uyo.
Owing to the incident, the Judge would not sit on Monday and
today and is not likely going to sit this week.
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