The students, two from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and one from the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, were in the Cross River capital city for Nigeria Medical Students games.
In a swift reaction, Governor Bassey Otu ordered that all activities in the Marina Resort be suspended until further notice.
In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Emmanuel Ogbeche, Mr Otu also ordered a full investigation into the incident.
The leadership of the Nigerian Medical Students Association (NIMSA) blamed the management of Marina Resort Calabar, for the accident.
“This ugly, avoidable and extremely traumatizing incident causing so much anguish to the medical students’ community nationwide was a result of negligence.
“It is as a result of incompetence and the lackadaisical attitude of the crew members and the management of Marina Resort,” said Egim Egbe, the national president of NIMSA, as he addressed journalists at the resort.
Separately, on the waters between Niger and Kwara states, no fewer than 100 wedding guests, including a father and his four children, met their untimely death as their boat capsized on their way home after the wedding ceremony.
Abdul Lukpada, the chief of Kpada in Patigi, Kwara, told the media that some stranded wedding guests had resorted to crossing the river from Egboti village in Niger State to Kpada in a boat, as heavy rains caused the roads in the area to be flooded.
In January, no fewer than 20 farmers were reported dead after a boat carrying about 100 farmers…
