Varsity student drowns in River Benue

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Mr. Abel Agaba, a Benue State University (BSU) Makurdi student, was rescued on Friday after he was thought to have drowned in the Benue River.

According to a source, the deceased, a 200-level student in the school’s Chemistry Department, vanished after swimming in the Benue River.

According to the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, Agaba, who resided with family on Awe Street in Makurdi town’s Wurukum neighborhood, watched a football game at a viewing center at approximately 11:45 p.m. and then proceeded to the nearby River Benue.

He said, “we learnt that after watching the European football matches that finished at about 11:45 pm he said he was feeling hot and wanted to swim in River Benue to cool his body.

“Though those with him advised him against going to the River as it was already too late, he insisted and went since it was the usual practice around the area for people to go swimming at night whenever there is intense heat.

“He went alone and nobody bothered to check on him till Friday morning when a fisherman in the neighbourhood went to the River to check his fishing net for fishes and discovered Agaba’s lifeless body attached to his fishing net.

“The man raised the alarm and people went and recovered his body which was identified by his family members who took his remains to the mortuary.

“The death of the young man has thrown Awe Street neighbourhood into mourning because he was a gentle man who gave his time to his studies and never had issues with anyone.”

When asked for confirmation, Catherine Anene, the spokesperson for the Benue State Police Command, or CSP, stated that she had not yet received any information regarding the incident.

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