Teenager drowns in Lagos pool

A 13-year-old boy at the weekend drowned in a hotel’s swimming pool in Lagos

The boy simply identified as Ebubechukwu was said to have entered the hotel located along Ago Palace Way, Okota, with some of his friends while they were returning from school.

It was gathered that the hotel, said to have been abandoned for sometime, had no life guard nor staffers except for a security man at the entrance to the facility.

The security man, it was learnt, usually charged tokens from intending users of the pool and ensured it was kept clean for them.

Unfortunately, after the teenager drowned, the security man, it was gathered fled the premises and had since gone into hiding.

Confirming the incident, police spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin said the incident was reported at the Ago Police Station around 3:30pm on Friday, adding information available to the command showed it was an abandoned hotel property.

The Nation reports that this incident occurred barely few weeks after three siblings and a toddler drowned in a neighbourhood swimming pool, at Ajah, and a hotel’s pool in Ikeja, respectively.