The Students’ Representative Council (SRC) of the University of Ghana has issued a message of condolence to the family of the deceased student who drowned in the university’s pool on Saturday, January 29, 2022.
The deceased, who has been identified as Nicholas Atteh, was a level 100 studying Bachelor of Science in Administration at the University’s main campus.
The SRC in a statement on Sunday, January 30, 2022, extended its condolences to the family of the deceased and prayed that the soul of their departed colleague will rest in perfect peace.
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Nicholas was found dead in the university’s swimming pool on Saturday, January 29, 2022.
Rumours on campus suggest the student died because he swam at the deepest parts of the big pool when he didn’t have any swimming skills.
An eyewitness who spoke to the campus radio said: “…the guy went to the 21ft and was asked to go back the first time…not knowing, he went there again and the next thing they heard was that he had drowned”.
Another eyewitness said the deceased student was first taken to the hospital after his body was retrieved but was pronounced dead on arrival.