University of Benin student drowned in River Benue during the just concluded Nigeria Universities Games Association (NUGA) which held at Benue state and hosted by the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi.
According to a closed friend of the deceased, late James Odibo, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, James was warned not go beyond a particular point at the river.
Coursemates of the deceased who lamented the unfortunate incident described Late James as a loving and playful fellow. One of his friends who took to their class Whatsapp group said the incident was quite unfortunate and could have been avoided.
According to him, he (James) and his team have been visiting the river for 3days. For
some weird reasons, he decided to venture deep inside the river, which he eventually drowned.
“It is just crazy why one would decide to swim in one of the biggest River in Nigeria, a highly diabolic one for that matter”, he lamented.
“It was just sudden. He just went down, no struggle, no shout.
“Local fishermen found his body two hours after the incident”, he added.
The body of late James has since been deposited in Madonna Hospital, Makurdi.
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