The Cross River state police command has recovered the corpse of the three students who drowned during the fatal boat accident in Calabar at the weekend.
Nigeriacrime.com learned that the three bodies were recovered through the help of the locals who assisted the Marine Police.
Speaking with newsmen the Cross River state Commissioner of Police, CP Gyogon Grimah said the recovery was successful due to the effort of locals including the marine department of the Police.
CP Grimah said two males and one female were recovered and have been taken to the morgue as protocol demands.
“As we are all aware on Saturday at about 3 pm there was an incident where a boat capsized and three students drowned and we have not rested because of the rescue efforts.
“Three bodies were recovered through the help of the locals who did quite a lot, the Marine Police also assisted them, and we have taken them to where to will be preserved, ” he said.
However, the identities of the three students have now been revealed they are Mustapha Tukur from Ahmadu Bello University, Hamzar Kabiru also from ABU and the only female, Ogwu Aisha Celestine from the University of Uyo.
Meanwhile, the leadership of the Nigerian Medical Students Association, NIMSA decried what it described as a lack of empathy by the Cross River State Government lamenting that no official from the government visited or has called the victims or their families since the fatal incident occurred on Saturday.
The Association however disclosed that only the Senator representing the Southern Senatorial District of the state, Sen. Asuquo Ekpeyong Jr. visited the affected persons and even offset some bills and paid the transport fare for 10 persons involved in the incident to go back to their various destinations.