An eyewitness Peter Okon, who identified the victims as Aniekan Harry and Uche Okoli said they hailed from Uruan and Eastern Obolo LGAs.
A fellow student, Owen Oscar, said him and seven others had bunked school that day without the knowledge of the school's management. He said:
"But some of us were not in school that day to write examination. I went home, changed my clothes, and left for one of our friend’s house (Elijah), to tell him of the match postponement.
We all agreed to go to Qua River close to Hospital Road, Eket to play football. When they finished playing football, the victims said that they were tired and they wanted to swim in the river, he said".He explained that himself and some other other students present asked the victims not to go to the river, that the river is too deep for them to swim, but the victims asked to be left alone.
The principal of the school, Asuquo Ekong, who confirmed that two students drowned in Qua River, said a female teacher called him in the night of the incident to inform him of the sad occurrence.
"I have interrogated them but they are giving me conflicting versions of the incident".The principal also added the the school management was not aware of the match between his school and the rival school.
He said that on the day of the incident, he supervised the examinations and after the examinations, he left for Ikot Abasi for a friend’s marriage.
However, a relative to one of the victims, Mrs. Mercydonia Harry, Claims that the six students who survived went to initiate her brother into cultism.
So sad.... When death comes knocking the ears will suddenly go deaf to advice!!!
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