Nigerian Airforce cadet drowns in Abia hotel swimming pool
An Air Force of Nigeria Tarmac In the swimming pool of a well-known hotel in Umuahia, the state capital of Abia, four cadets perished.
A few months before he was set to graduate from the National Defence Academy, on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, the victim, named as CDT Emmanuel Chidiebere Onyeomereneche, with registration number NDA 13257, passed away.
When the incident occurred, the cadet had arrived at the facility with buddies and was swimming in the pool when it happened.
According to a source who requested to remain anonymous, the victim vanished from the pool’s surface on Tuesday night at approximately 6:37 p.m.
According to the source, men from the state fire service later found his lifeless body and confirmed it to be dead at the Federal Medical Centre Umuahia.
Spokesperson of the State Police Command, ASP Maureen Chinaka, confirmed the incident on Friday.
“The attention of CPS was called to it, and investigation is ongoing,” she added.