He also advised the state to set up a rescue team to save people from drowning at the beach. The Ibeno Beach Management Chairman, Mr. Peter Akpan, expressed displeasure at the incident, saying he was not around when the incident happened. On what is being done to curb the incessant incidence of deaths at the beach, Akpan said: “We have signboards at the entrance of the beach and in the beach, which reads that Ibeno beach is not safe for swimming. We have advocated that Ibeno beach is an ocean that is not fit for swimming,” he said. When contacted, the Akwa Ibom Police Public Relations Officer, SP Odiko MacDon, said he has not been informed about the incident.

Source: The Guardian June 19, 2019 04:17 UTC