The families of a candidate of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in Awka, Anambra State, John Ezekwe, have been thrown into mourning after he drowned on Saturday.

Ezekwe had gone to the hotel for a friend’s birthday when the incident happened.

He was said to be a Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board (JUPEB) student at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, and reportedly scored 250 in the UTME which he wrote last Friday.

One of his friends, who identified himself as Etz Perfect, said his mother had tried to stop him from going to the party, but he refused.

Perfect described Ezekwe as a promising youth, lamenting that his loss was hard to bear.

“Just negodi jay jay…why you??? Why now??? So your future is now shattered…. Just posting this with tears….. What will happen to your jamb result??….such a meaningless world indeed….RIP my dear….God knows the best for u….rest in the bossom of the almighty…he alone has the right over us….I believe he is aware of this….God why?? Why him??? Must it be our youths??? U promised us long life and prosperity but our youths are dying….jay jay u were such a nice person…. I will miss u dear…can’t stop crying…..jayblaq is gone forever….MR AND MRS EZEKWE….take heart…we are dust and to dust we shall return… Nobody is too young to die……such is life

“RIP JAYJAY
RIP JAYBLAQ
RIP MATHEMATICIAN heaven will receive u. Pls someone should me its not true. Can’t stop crying. EZEKWE JOHN JIDEOFOR.”

Efforts to get the comment of the hotel management proved abortive as calls made to the line of its contact person, one Mr. Oke, indicated that it was switched off.

The Punch