President of the National Union of Benue State Students in the Benue State University, Makurdi, Manasseh Agudo, has died of food poisoning, a month after he was sworn-in.
According to sources, Agudo who was sworn-in on February 20, died on Wednesday evening at the Benue State University Teaching Hospital, BSUTH, and his body has been deposited at the facility’s Mortuary.
The students had held their convention in February at the Volleyball Court of the Aper Aku Stadium in Makurdi, where Agudo emerged as the winner.
“I reached out to the late NUBESS president’s family to confirm his death. They said the young dead from infection suspected to be poison.
“He suffered from this infection for days shortly after he resumed office as NUBESS president elect. If it is true that he was poisoned, then I cry for the future of our Benue State.
“I spoke to this dude during the Nasarawa State Polytechnic protest and he issued a good warning to stop the arrests of innocent persons,” a source close to the family said.
