A 200-level Chemical Engineering student of the Federal University, Otuoke, has reportedly drowned in Bayelsa river after making a bet with his coursemates to swim across the river.
It was gathered that the incident happened on Sunday morning at the Ekoli Creek in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state capital.
It was learnt that the victim whose name remains unknown placed a N300 bet with some people that he could swim across the river, but as he was swimming, he went under the water and had not surfaced ever since.
A source who is a student of the university said, “Yesterday morning, a 200-level Chemical Engineering student made a bet with his coursemates to swim across the river.
“They all raised N300 each for the stake. As he was swimming, he dipped and he has not been seen after that. He is still missing up till now. His corpse is yet to be recovered.”
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Musa Mohammed, said he was yet to be briefed on the incident.
Mohammed could not also give the name of the deceased student.
Mohammed said, “I have no information on the incident” and promised to reach our correspondent the moment he had any update.
