Two Students Found Dead In Osun River.

The residents of the Ijetu area of Osogbo woke up to a rude shock on wednesday when they found the corpses of two pupils in the river.

It was gathered that a woman had gone to the river to fetch water when she found the corpses of the two pupils floating on the river.

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps deployed a  rescue team from to the scene.

The pupils reportedly went missing on Monday, while their parents and other relatives had been looking for them.

The victims were identified as Samson Obasanjo and Kabiru, pupils of Junior Secondary School 2 at Ife-Oluwa Middle School, Osogbo.

It was gathered that seven pupils had gone to the area where the incident happened to pluck some fruits.

One of the victims was said to have jumped inside the river to swim to the other side of the river where a cherry tree was, but did not come out.

It was learnt that after a while,the second victim reportedly jumped inside the river to see why the first had not come out and he too disappeared.

The remaining five pupils were said to have waited for the two victims to come out, but after the duo did not come out, they were said to have sworn to an oath that they would not disclose what happened to their colleagues to anybody.

The Head, Disaster Rescue Team of the NSCDC in Osun State, Mr. Olufemi Awofade, who confirmed the incident to Punch , said the team had removed the corpses of the pupils.

He said after recovering the corpses of the pupils, their parents took charge and called the worshipers of Osun goddess to perform some rites on them before burial at the riverbank.

Awofade said, “We got a call that a certain woman went to fetch water at the Osun River on Wednesday and she saw corpses on the water.”

The principals of School 2 and School 3 at Ife-Oluwa Middle School declined comment.The two principals told our correspondent, who visited the school, that “we don’t grant press interviews.”