Police officer, woman die in Bayelsa boat accident.
The incidents occurred on Thursday and Saturday in the state’s Brass and Sagbama local government areas.
The police officer died after a passenger boat travelling from Yenagoa to Akassa capsized along the Abedigbene waterways […] A police officer and a woman, identified as Mrs Victoria Abetnigo, have died in two separate waterway accidents in Bayelsa State.
The boat reportedly carried eight passengers, seven of whom were rescued by Nigerian Navy personnel, local divers, and members of the Abedigbene fishing community.
Those rescued included the Commissioner for Trade and Commerce, Dr Ebiere Jones, and an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). The second incident occurred at about 5:20 am on Saturday along the shoreline of Angalabiri Community in Sagbama LGA. said on Saturday night, the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Musa Mohammed, said preliminary findings indicated that a tanker belonging to Sterling Global Oil Ltd hit some canoes while navigating close to the shoreline. He said the collision destroyed the canoes, leaving Abetnigo, who was aboard one of them, seriously injured.
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