The state governor has asked the police to speed up their investigation into the incident.
Three of the 14 medical students on a boat cruise to explore the area died in the incident.
The governor’s spokesperson, Emmanuel Ogbeche, in a statement on Sunday, said the governor had scheduled a meeting between cruise boat operators and the management of the State Tourism Bureau on Tuesday. “Besides the cruise boat operations, the State Ministry of Transport is to immediately cross-check the safety standards and conditions of all boats operating in the Calabar waterways,” Mr Ogbeche said.
While sympathising with the victims’ families, the governor directed the police to “speed up their investigations of the fatal boat accident and prosecute those found culpable to serve as deterrence to others.”The students, who are members of the Nigeria Medical Students Association, were in the state for the association’s annual Health Week.PREMIUM TIMES ten days agoThe deceased were returning from a marriage ceremony when a boat conveying them capsized.
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