Mr Amos from Etibe village in Eket LGA was drowned in Atabong River on Sunday.Amos,  according to people who saw him on Sunday was overwhelmed with alcohol on his way back from a funeral in Eket main town.According to report,Amos arrived Atabong river side about 4:35pm to take  a cool bath as he usually does.

According to an eyewitness,he pulled off his clothes and went into the river but only swim for a  few minutes and was seen again pulling out of the water.

As described by people and relatives who identified his body, he was a street hustler who does serval hard jobs to survive. He was fun of being drunk with alcohol.