The assertion signed by the Deputy Commander of the Corps, Ejelikwu Michael, gave the names of the victims as: Andonso Iorliam, 20; Chiater Achi, 18; and Aondongo Gbir, 30.
The PUNCH reviews that the our bodies of three younger males have been recovered on the Benue river after they have been declared lacking on Boxing Day within the Buruku space of Benue State.
The Nigeria Safety and Civil Defence Corps in Benue made this recognized in an announcement made out there to The PUNCH in Makurdi on Thursday.
The assertion signed by the Deputy Commander of the Corps, Ejelikwu Michael, gave the names of the victims as: Andonso Iorliam, 20; Chiater Achi, 18; and Aondongo Gbir, 30.
Michael mentioned the Command had on Christmas Eve acquired a report on the gathering of a whole lot of youths who have been having a picnic and carnival on the River Buruku, noting that such actions had been banned by the state authorities and the Tiv conventional council.
"The Command on the energy of intelligence deployed males to the situation on the twenty fifth December, 2021. We additionally collaborated with sister businesses, to take care of regulation and order, and if doable cease the carnival from holding the carnival. "However the variety of the youths outnumbered safety officers."However, on Sunday, 26th December, 2021, we received unsubstantiated reports about missing persons. We were able to confirm the report on Monday 27th, December, 2021 after three dead bodies were recovered by a search team of divers at about 1000hours," the assertion added.