ADYEMI Azeez, 15, also known as “Adi”, a resident of Maria Lodge and student of Abram Zuil Secondary School is feared drowned after he went for a swim with friends at the Onderneeming beach on Thursday.

According to information reaching Guyana Chronicle, Azeez was hanging out with eight friends, all teenagers, on the Onderneeming beach when he went missing.

Information revealed that they had a cook out at Maria Lodge and after they left for the beach at Onderneeming.

At the beach, they all went into the water when one of them started to scream for help as the water became rough. One of the friends managed to pull the one in distress to safety and they all helped each other get out of the water safely but Azeez was nowhere to be seen.

His friends became scared and began to scream for help and residents reached out to them. The boys, accompanied by the residents, then made a missing person report at the Suddie Police Station. A search party was formed and up to press time Azeez was not located.

The friends of the deceased have already posted “Rip” messages on his Facebook account. Relatives of Azeez were too distressed to speak to the media and his teachers are deeply saddened by the incident.