Saturday, April 13, 2024 - A Nigerian Air Force Tarmac Four cadet drowned in a popular hotel’s swimming pool in Umuahia, the Abia state capital.
The victim identified as CDT
Emmanuel Chidiebere Onyeomereneche, with registration number NDA 13257, died on
Tuesday, April 9, 2024, a few months to his graduation from the National
Defence Academy.
The cadet had come to the facility with
friends when he decided to swim at the facility’s swimming pool when the
incident happened.
A source who spoke on
condition of anonymity said the victim was said to have disappeared from the
pool surface at about 6:37 pm on Tuesday.
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.
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