Corps member, five others feared dead in Bayelsa boat accident

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No fewer than six persons including a female member of the National Youths Service Corps; a pregnant woman; a mother and her two children; and a 70-year-old man, have been feared dead in a passenger boat accident in Bayelsa State.

Confirming the boat accident, the state chairman of MWUN, Ipigansi Ogoniba, said that six passengers had been confirmed dead.

Ogoniba said the state NYSC authorities had been contacted through the community liaison officer on the identity of the deceased female corps member, adding that “they are still searching for her corpse and we have reached out to the NYSC for her identity.” He also confirmed that the boat driver had been detained for questioning over the circumstances that caused the accident.

He said, “We got the information and the State Coordinator and other staff left the Orientation and went to the place.

 

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It doesn't take Nigerians to use the world 'Rest in Peace'. Many had posted that word online thousands of times this year. Instead of coming together to stop these nonsense deaths, all we do is Rest in Peace post.

See boat sef

Omoh 😲

May the soul of the faithful departed rest in peace.

Our navy officers can't rescue them Hmmm Nigeria na country for mouth

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