Ekiti Dam Victims Not World Bank Officials, Agency Clarifies

The Third National Urban Water Sector Reform has clarified that the four victims who drowned at Egbe Dam in Ekiti State are not World Bank officials as reported by many.

The agency described the victims as “four workmen working as tops-surveyors on Egbe Dam” describing their death as “unfortunate and a loss too many.”


In an online statement issued late on Thursday by the agency’s Communication Specialist, Nancy Otagbo, it named the deceased as Alaran Tirimisiyu, Abdulwaheed Alayande, David Malu and Albert. The names of the survivors, according to the statement, are Charles Eninlaye, Bukky Ajet and Yahaya.