Found Deceased UK - Gboyega Odubanjo, 27, award winning Poet, last seen 4am at Shambala Festival, Kelmarsh, Northamptonshire, 26 August 2023

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Body found in search for missing poet Gboyega Odubanjo

Police find a body as they look for Gboyega Odubanjo, who went missing at Shambala Festival.

www.bbc.com

 

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Gboyega Odubanjo: family criticise police search after body found

Family and friends of a 27-year-old poet who went missing at a festival where he was due to perform have criticised the police’s handling of the search. Gboyega

www.thetimes.co.uk

i know article is paid subscription but it does highlight that his family and friends are not happy with the police. They werent allowed to search and Gboyega family were not consulted before the police announcement.

 

[Normal Norm]

I had a feeling that there would be criticism of the police at some point. Without being able to read the article, and without knowing the detail behind what actually happened to Gboyega, it is difficult to know how much of the criticism is justified.

An article in the NME (New Musical Express) quotes the police as saying that they "continue to ask that no one attempts to conduct their own search for him due to the risks posed by the nature of the terrain". On that particular aspect, at least, the police seem to be in a no-win situation.

NME article

Bad Betty Press, where Gboyega was an editor, have also issued a statement in which their anger can clearly be felt.

Bad Betty Press Facebook page

 

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MSN

Non-paywalled article on MSN News.

 

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The New York Times has an article

Body Is Found in Search for Missing British Poet

The police said they had found a man’s body after a search for Gboyega Odubanjo, 27, who was last seen on Saturday at a music festival in England where he was set to perform.

www.nytimes.com

 

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Gboyega Odubanjo's family raise more than £30,000 in his memory

Mr Odubanjo was last seen at the Shambala music festival in Northamptonshire at around 4am on August 26, having been invited to read poetry at the event.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Gboyega Odubanjo: Police investigating multiple lines of inquiry

Relatives of the poet have raised over £30,000 in tribute to support in his final arrangements and to help launch a foundation in his name

www.standard.co.uk

 

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Stumbled on a performance from Gboyega about knife crime, it's quite unsettling in retrospect.

They will say 'today',
'A young man has died today',
It will be a Friday -
A young man has died young,
O so terribly young.