Divine Adili's father calls for justice after son's death

The father of basketball player Chukwuemeka Divine Adili on Friday called for justice following his son’s death during Ateneo’s team-building activity last Monday.

In a Facebook post, Elias Adili said their family remains hurt and devastated by the tragedy.

“I want justice for my Son Chukwuemeka Divine Adili,” said part of Elias’ post.

“Divine, your family is highly pained and devastated by your demise out of carelessness, you evaporated like a steam out of our sight. Divine we miss you and our tears seem endless,” he added.

In an earlier interview with GMA News Online, Elias said he was disappointed and disheartened by the incident.

"Well, I’m a fan of Ateneo as well because of my son. I’m a fan of Ateneo and I was so much disheartened and disappointed about the whole incident because there were measures that were supposed to be in place before you take people to water and those things were neglected,” he said.

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Ateneo on Thursday said the team was “engaged in a conditioning exercise in knee-deep water near the shoreline when they were suddenly engulfed by massive waves and a powerful rip current.”

“While most of the players managed to fight their way back to safety, Rene and Divine were pulled away,” Ateneo added.

The Nigerian Embassy in Manila had earlier said that Adili’s family requested an autopsy to be conducted on his body.

—JKC, GMA News