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The deceased nursing student, Elizabeth Ukah
A 23-year-old student of the Federal Nursing Science college Calabar, Ms Elizabeth Awhobiwom Ukah, has been found dead in a drainage ditch five days after flood swept her away on Easter Friday.
Eyewitnesses stated the state and position of the deceased indicated she was carried away by flood.
The flood resulted from the heavy rainfall on Friday evening while the deceased was returning home from the Good Friday Mass of the Cross at the Holy Family Catholic Church, Big-Qua Town, by Eastern Secondary School, close to Marian Market, Calabar, the Cross River State capital.
The body was found on Tuesday and has been deposited in an undisclosed mortuary.
It was gathered that the late student was a native of Ohong community, in Obudu local government area of northern Cross River State. (The Nation: Text, Excluding Headline)
