A yet to be
identified University of Benin student has drowned in River Benue, on the
closing day of Nigeria University Games Association (NUGA) in Makurdi..
Dr Omeche Onoja, Chairman, NUGA games medical
and sanitation subcommittee confirmed the incident. 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 (UAM). Fifty seven universities participated
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