The University of Benin was thrown into mourning as a student that is yet to be identified has been drowned in Benue State, the sad event happened on the closing day of Nigerian University Games Association (NUGA) in Makurdi.
The sad event was confirmed by Dr. Omeche Onoja, Chairman, NUGA games medical and sanitation sub committee, he also said the .
The name of the student was not disclosed.
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.
” 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.
The Nigeria University Games Association (NUGA) Games was hosted by the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi. (Informationng)