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Niger/Adamawa boats mishap: NIWA MD mourns, condole victims’ families
The Managing Director of National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Dr George Moghalu, has expressed immense grief over Adamawa and Niger States’ boats mishaps that left several persons dead on Friday and Sunday.
Moghalu, in a statement issued in Lokoja on Tuesday, described the two incidents as “very unfortunate” and “saddened”, considering the precious lives lost.
In Lokoja that while 15 persons died in the capsized boat carrying 23 people in Njuwa Lake in Yola South Local Government of Adamawa, reportedly killed 15 people, while 26 died and 44 persons are still missing in a river in Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger.
The Adamawa accident reportedly occurred in the afternoon of Friday (Sept. 8) when the victims were travelling to Yola town.
The boat mishap in Niger sadly occurred at about 8 a.m. of Sunday (Sept. 10) between the Jabba and Kainji dams.
The managing diredctor said, “no doubt what happened at Gurin River, a surburb of Fufore Local Government Area, Adamawa State, as well as at a river in Gbajibo, Mokwa, of Niger state was very unfortunate and saddened”.
“On behalf of management and Staff of NIWA, I am extending our heartfelt sympathies to the families of the dead and the injured.
“The incidents are more disheartening as some of the victims on board were reportedly heading to their farms for farming activities.
“I hereby wish to commend the life-saving work of the first rescuers, local divers and police marine at the scenes of the two incidences.”
Moghalu prayed for the wounded for a speedy recovery and success on the search and rescue of some missing passengers on the capsized boats.
The NIWA boss, however, reiterated call on transporters to ensure strict adherence to safety regulations on the nation’s waterways to avert such unwanted losses, pains and sorrow.
He emphasised on the need for the people in the riverine communities traveling by boats and canoes to use live jackets and avoid overcrowded boats to stay alive.
Besides, he advised against using old or rickety boats and night travels to prevent such mishaps.
The NIWA boss, however, prayed the Almighty God to comfort the grieving relations of the dead at this very difficult time.
A Student Of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, Osun State, has died after being hit by a trailer driver on Monday, April 15.
The Accident was said to have occurred when the driver, who was reportedly driving against traffic, collided with the motorcycle conveying a student named Olanrewaju Olatona and another passenger along the Ikirun-Osogbo road area of the state.
Due to the severe impact, Olanrewaju Olatona, a National Diploma 2 student, suffered fatal injuries. He died at the scene.
Olatona, who was the Financial Secretary of the Department of Mass Communication, was preparing for the one-year Industrial Training programme.
The driver fled the scene after the accident and has not been apprehended.
Subsequently, Osun State Polytechnic students organised a procession in front of the school gate and blocked the expressway for several hours.
Some unknown gunmen have kidnapped Joshua Rogers, the ChannelsTV reporter in Port-Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
Politics Nigeria learnt that Rogers was picked up close to his residence at Rumuosi in Port Harcourt and to an unknown destination by the gunmen around 9pm on Thursday, April 11.
The reporter was driving his official ChannelsTV branded car when the hoodlums accosted, pointed a gun at him and took him away in the same vehicle.
Rogers was said to be returning from his official assignment in Government House after a trip to Andoni for a government event when the incident happened.
Already, the gunmen were said to have contacted his wife and demanded a N30million ransom for bis release.
His cameraman confirmed the incident and appealed to his abductors to set him free unconditionally.
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