According to the News Agency of Nigeria,four {4} World Bank officials have drowned at Egbe Dam in Rgbe Ekiti,Gbonyin Local Government Area of Ekiti State after their boat capsized.Egbe Dam is the biggest of the six dams in Ekiti State.Folasade Akinrinmola,the chairman of the council and the state police command confirmed the incident to journalist yesterday thursday.Mr Akinrinmola said the incident which occurred on wednesday night involved a team of seven contractors employed by the World Bank on an assessment mission to the dam.She said the team commenced work tuesday night from a section of the dam and that the incident happened when they moved to the other section on wednesday.She said the traditional ruler of Egbe notified her of the incident.''We immediately mobilised a rescue team and an ambulance,and in the process,those wearing life jackets were rescued.The rescued people were the ones who told us that others were in the water.The bodies of those that had drowned were later retrieved by the local fishermen.One of the dead victims was said to be the son of the leader of the team who providentially escaped unhurt.We belive that they came to Ekiti based on some of the proposals we had written on the dam on how it can be put to use.We believe that the World Bank has started work on the dam based on their findings''.
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