No fewer than ten persons
have been reportedly killed
on Friday when a boat
carrying 35 passengers sailing
to Port Harcourt capsized.
Confirming the sad incident to
newsmen on Friday, the
National Emergency
Management Agency (NEMA)
co-coordinator, Onimode
Bandele said efforts were
ongoing by the agency and
other security agencies to
rescue the victims.
He said, “We can confirm
that 10 persons died early
today when a Port
Harcourt-bound passenger’s
boat sank.”
Chairman of Bonny Local
Government Council, Adonye
Wilcox, also confirmed the
accident, which he said
occurred at 7:45 am.
“Information available…
indicates that the boat hit
an object on the way and
sank,” he said.
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have been reportedly killed
on Friday when a boat
carrying 35 passengers sailing
to Port Harcourt capsized.
Confirming the sad incident to
newsmen on Friday, the
National Emergency
Management Agency (NEMA)
co-coordinator, Onimode
Bandele said efforts were
ongoing by the agency and
other security agencies to
rescue the victims.
He said, “We can confirm
that 10 persons died early
today when a Port
Harcourt-bound passenger’s
boat sank.”
Chairman of Bonny Local
Government Council, Adonye
Wilcox, also confirmed the
accident, which he said
occurred at 7:45 am.
“Information available…
indicates that the boat hit
an object on the way and
sank,” he said.
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