House of Assembly. He testified also that the deceased is his first son admitted
to the NDA in 2014. He stated he was aware that he will attend camp, having
gone through same. He stated that when one goes for watermanship training,
he must be trained on how to swim.
One does not go into the deep without life jacket. That divers are always
around during such exercise in case of any failure. To him this is the standard
international practice. He consented to the training knowing that safety
measures are usually provided for the training. That that is the minimum
standard. He said that I was informed of the death of my son through the phone
by the Director Administration of the NDA, one Commodore Yakubu
Wambai. After the call, they carried on as if nothing happened. He testified
that he had to call the authorities to tell them that they offered no explanation
as to how his son died nor availed him the opportunity of seeing his corpse,
and that if they don’t, he will not consent to the burial. They sent two officers
who took him to the mortuary .When he saw the corpse it has a wound in the
mouth and the two officer explained that they did not have the means of
rescuing him and fishermen were called to use a hook.
He further testified that certain documents attached to his application were
photocopies because his house was burnt down and he lost the originals.
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