17-Year-Old Pastor Owulo's Son DrownsAt Lekki Beach
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Samuel, the teenage son of Pastor Owulo Obu, has drowned at Lekki Beach, Lagos Nigeria, where he and others went for the New Year revelry.
P.M.NEWS learnt that while church members at Latter House of God Church located at 26/27 Guinness Street, Pero bus stop, Agege, Lagos,were preparing for their new year carnival, 17-year old Samuel in company of afemale member of hisfather’s church, Comfort Adikpe, 30, her boyfriend, Busayo and her younger brother, Godwin, went to the beach to enjoy themselves.
P.M.NEWS gathered that before Samuel went to the beach on Sunday, he approached his motherto give him transportmoney. But when she delayed, he went into his mother’s bedroom and picked a N1,000 note for his journey.
Comfort confirmed that Samuel drowned at the beach when he and her brother, Godwin,went to play in the Atlantic sea waves.
“When the wave swept him away, we begged the divers to rescue Samuel and after some efforts theyretreated when the wave was about sweeping them away also.”
She added that Pastor Obu was informed on phone that his son had been swept away by the wave while the matter was later reported at the police station at about 7.35 p.m on Sunday.
She said she was detained till the following morning when she was released.
Comfort, a recharge card seller who hails from Benue State, north-central Nigeria, added that Samuel and Godwin were drummers at Latter House of God founded bySamuel’s father.
At the pastor’s residence yesterday,the mother of the late Samuel was still in shock when P.M.NEWS called.All she could manage to say was, “we are still confused about what happened to my first child.”
PM News

So sad.
What a way to enter the new year. A completely avoidable accident.
But the bereaved parents should not succumb to perpetual self-recrimination. They apparently have other kids, who, they must now devote their time in nurturing in the fear of God.

Hmm

RIP young samuel