Nigeria has lost two of its students in the diaspora in two strikingly similar swimming tragedies that occurred in Canada and the United State (US) on the same day.
Oluwatoni Onikekua 20-year-old undergraduateandJamal Ottuna 1 7-year-old secondary school studentboth died while swimming on Sunday the 12 of July 2015.
Onikekuwas a student-athlete and member of the track team at the University of Massachusetts (UMass), Lowell, United States.
The political science major drowned while swimming with friends in the Deerfield River, Deerfield, United States.
He died on the spot.
READ: 20-yr-old Nigerian student-athlete drowns in US river
On the same day, Ottun, a student at the Wallington County Grammar School in South London, drowned in theShawnigan Lake,Vancouver Island, Canada.
Like Onikeku, he was a student-athlete and member of the school’s rugby team.
The UK-based teenager was swimming with his teammates while they were on a Rugby tour in Canada.
READ:17-yr-old Nigerian student drowns while swimmingin Lake
Ottun’s school described him as “an extremely popular and talented Year 12 student” while Onikeku’s coach, Gary Gardner said “there wasn’t one person on the team that he didn’t sincerely care about and showed it.”
Oluwatoni Onikekua 20-year-old undergraduateandJamal Ottuna 1 7-year-old secondary school studentboth died while swimming on Sunday the 12 of July 2015.
Onikekuwas a student-athlete and member of the track team at the University of Massachusetts (UMass), Lowell, United States.
The political science major drowned while swimming with friends in the Deerfield River, Deerfield, United States.
He died on the spot.
READ: 20-yr-old Nigerian student-athlete drowns in US river
On the same day, Ottun, a student at the Wallington County Grammar School in South London, drowned in theShawnigan Lake,Vancouver Island, Canada.
Like Onikeku, he was a student-athlete and member of the school’s rugby team.
The UK-based teenager was swimming with his teammates while they were on a Rugby tour in Canada.
READ:17-yr-old Nigerian student drowns while swimmingin Lake
Ottun’s school described him as “an extremely popular and talented Year 12 student” while Onikeku’s coach, Gary Gardner said “there wasn’t one person on the team that he didn’t sincerely care about and showed it.”
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