SUICIDE ABORTED: Woman rescued after drowning in Ekuu Waterworks Baaki Ogbomoso
Khali ABRAHAM
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A woman simply identified as Taye was rescued from certain death today Tuesday after she tried to commit suicide by jumping into the river.
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According to a video made available to ogbomosoinsightonline.com by Mr. Sunday Alade, a football coach and radio presenter, the woman from Olode compound, Kolara, Ogbomoso, walked on her own to the bank of the dam. “We suspected she wanted to jump into the dam and I tried to caution her but she eventually did so. It was a canoe rower that eventually rescued and saved her from drowning.”
Those who knew her said she had some ailment.
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Ekuu Water Scheme commonly called “Wota” is a large body of water from the dammed Ekuu River. It used to be the source of potable water to Ogbomoso metropolis but got abandoned after the construction of the bigger Oba Dam. It is located at the Eastern boundary of Ogbomoso North and Ogbomoso South local governments.
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