Governor Bassey Otu, of Cross Rivers State has ordered a probe into the cruise boat mishap in Calabar river involving the 14 medical students.
The boat, conveying 14 medical students under the aegis of the Nigeria Medical Students Association, NIMASA, who came from universities across the country to attend the NIMASA annual health week in Calabar, ran into stormy weather and capsized during the boat ride.
The students reportedly went on the boat cruise in a bid to explore the city, when the incident occurred. Eleven of the medical students were rescued but the other three remained missing.
The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Emmanuel Ogbeche, in a statement said the governor was concerned that three of the students were still not found and has charged the security and rescue agencies as well as locals in the area involved in the rescue operations to find the missing students and reunite them with their families.
