HATE OR ACCIDENT (1): WHAT CAUSED NIGERIAN DEATH IN UKRAINE POOL - by Akin' Okunowo

This review focus on the welfare of Nigerians in Ukraine considering circumstances that led to the death of Oladayo Olaleye, a 29 years old Nigerian engineering student in Ukraine . The purpose is to use this scenario to widen your knowledge on similar incidents.
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It happened on the 14th of July 2012 around 6 pm at the swimming pool of the Black Sea Hotel when No Culture band was invited to perform at an occasion. The hotel is opening for new service at Odessa City and invited No Culture to perform for its guests. The major people involved in this matter are two Nigerians, they were good friends and studying in Ukraine, Oladayo Olaleye and Adewole Ajeigbe. Both of them were into entertainment: Oladayo was a dancer, while Adewole is a music singer. Adewole runs a musical band called "No Culture" which creates means of extra income for them as students who cannot work while studying in Ukraine. Adewole do invite Oladayo to dance when No Culture performs at occasions. For more information about the band, click here.

Oladayo Olaleye hailed from Oshogbo, Osun State in Nigeria, and studied marine engineering at Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding in Ukraine. He graduated from the university the same month he died after spending five years in Ukraine. According to a report, he met his untimely death five days before he was to arrive back in Nigeria.

Before No Culture performed at the Sea Hotel, both friends, Oladayo and Adewole, went to swim at the beach near the hotel. On getting back to the hotel, Oladayo wanted to swim more and went to the swimming pool of the hotel where Adewole left him with three ladies by the pool side. Adewole left him to get the band ready for performance at the occasion.

Over 30 minutes later, their performance was due to commence, Adewole had not seen his colleague return from the pool. He inquired about his friend from the three ladies who had come to the area he was. The ladies told him that they left his friend by the pool side. He went to the pool side and found Oladayo lying face up inside the seven-foot-deep-pool.  He jumped inside the water to save his friend and called for help; some staff of the hotel assisted him. Oladayo was rushed to a hospital where he was confirmed dead.

Adewole did not know whether the three ladies swam together with his friend or saw him when he drowned. Could it be possible that a marine engineer trained in Ukraine cannot swim in a seven-foot-deep-pool? Could he be drunk or on drugs, or in poor state of health? An online journal, African Outlook, carried out an investigation into the matter but could not conclude on what caused his death. The author, Wasiu Sodeinde, emphasized more on emotion of the deceased's family, and the experience the author himself went through to gather his information. The investigation was not balanced to give insight into the actual cause of OLadayo's death.

Another limitation of the report is that the author based his conclusion on telephone and email conversations without extracting relevant facts and evidence that are available on the matter. He made no cross-examination efforts to assess the confessional answers to his questions as claimed by Adewole. He drew assumptions to suite his personal notion against  Adewole claim; and he sees Adewole as obstacle to the success of coming to a logical conclusion on his investigation.

Anti-Cult Lessons is looking beyond Wasiu Sodeinde's report, and shall beam its search light on what actually caused the death of Oladayo Olaleye. You can read Wasiu Sodeinde's Report here.