UNIBEN student drowns in River Benue

The chairman of NUGA games medical and sanitation sub-committee, Omeche Onoja, has confirmed the death of a yet to be identified University of Benin student that drowned in River Benue, on the closing day of the Nigeria University Games Association, NUGA, in Makurdi, Benue State. The NUGA Games was hosted by the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi where 57 universities participated.

Ms. Onoja said the student had gone to the river to swim when the incident occurred. She said his corpse had been deposited at Madonna Hospital in Makurdi..
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“We had a distress call from some students of the situation but on reaching the river, we found the lifeless body of the student, who has been identified by his colleagues. He was said to have participated in some games.

“The whole incident could have been avoided”, she said.