The Cross River State Police Command, on Monday, confirmed the discovery of the corpses of three medical students involved in the Marina Resort boat mishap in
“As you are all aware, on Saturday, about two days ago, after 3pm in the afternoon, there was an incident reported at the Marina Resort here in Calabar where a boat capsized.
LEADERSHIP reports that three students were missing, while 11 others were rescued on Saturday after their boat capsized at the Calabar resort.The medical students were said to have had arrived Calabar from different universities across the country for this year’s annual NiMSA Health Week. Following the incident, the Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, on Sunday, ordered an investigation into the cruise boat mishap involving the medical students.
He charged security and rescue agencies as well as local villagers involved in the operations to find the missing students and reunite them with their families.
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