Danger hit on Saturday while 2 students of the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) drowned when taking selfies in a canoe on a river in Akure.
The dead person, Olabiyi Emmanuel and Olokun Babatunde were both 300-level students of the university.

Olabiyi, as reported by The Sun, was considered to be a student of the department of Agric and Environmental Engineering, while Olokun was a student of the department of Project Management Technology. President of the Students Union Government, Mr. Adeyinka Olasehinde who verified the incident, stated the death of the two students had thrown the university into mourning.

Narrating exactly how the incident occurred, Olasehinde described that 4 students went to a river near the university and took selfies in a canoe stationed on the river.
He added that the canoe capsized while the students were taking the snap shots.

Olasehinde hinted that two of the students narrowly escaped death because they knew how to swim, while two others were unlucky.

He stated the students who lost their lives were at the venue of their entrepreneurial training at the laboratory of the department of fishery and aquaculture behind great hall in Obakekere area of Akure.

He said the ugly incident happened after the students had done their training for the day.
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