A 200-level Chemical Engineering student of the Federal University, Otuoke, reportedly drowned at the Ekoli Creek in Yenagoa over an N300 bet.
The incident occurred on Sunday morning, but the corpse had yet to be recovered, and the name of the deceased remained unknown.
Sources privy to the development revealed that the victim placed a bet with some people that he could swim across the river. However, as he was swimming, he went under the water and had not surfaced since.
A source who is a student of the university said, โYesterday 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.โ (Vanguard)