A 200-level Chemical Engineering student of the Federal University, Otuoke, has reportedly drowned at the Ekoli Creek in Yenagoa over a N300 bet.
Punch reports that the incident occurred on Sunday morning, February 23, but the corpse had yet to be recovered, and the name of the deceased remained unknown.
According to eyewitnesses, the victim placed a 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 student of the school who spoke on condition of anonymity, 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.”
The school authorities and the state police command are yet to comment on the incident.
