An NYSC member gets drowned while celebrating at Gubi Dam, Bauchi

According to the Bauchi State Police Command, a Joseph Adebayo aged 26 drowned to his death at the Gubi Dam, Bauchi while celebrating end of service.

This happened at a picnic which led to the victim and two other corps members boarding a canoe in the Dam. The vessel capsized, and some fishermen rescued the other two corps member, but could not rescue Joseph.

In a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command, on Friday, it was revealed that the ugly incident happened on the 11th of October, 2018 at about 5pm.

Read the statement below:

"On October 11, 2018, around 2030hrs, the command received a report from one Mahadi Habila Sada, the zonal inspector of NYSC, that on the same date at about 1700hrs, some corps members attached to the Bauchi State Board of Internal Revenue went on a picnic to Gubi Dam to celebrate the end of their service year.

Three of the corps members entered into a canoe but unfortunately the canoe was faulty, so water drifted into the canoe and 'capsized' it.

However, two of the corps members were rescued by the villagers fishing in the dam, while one Joseph Adebayo, aged 26, who hailed from Ogun State, drowned and eventually died."