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Corps member who went on a picnic to celebrate the end of his service year got drowned in a river in Bauchi State.
Joseph Adebayo, 26, from Ogun State along with two of his colleagues, had boarded a faulty canoe, which capsized. The two others were rescued by villagers, while Adebayo got drowned and eventually died.
His body was recovered on Friday and deposited at the mortuary of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi.
