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Soldier Drowns In Boat Mishap Near Bayelsa Oilfield by kogistar: 7:21pm On May 20, 2016 |
A soldier escorting oil workers from an oil spill site drowned to death at Taylor Creek near an oilfield operated by Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) in Okordia, Yenagoa LGA, Bayelsa. A community source said on Friday that the soldier drowned when a boat conveying oil workers across the Taylor Creek capsized. “The boat conveying the crew from Agip’s field capsized on their way back from the site at the oilfield across and before help could come the soldier drowned and died, they were using a hand paddled canoe to cross the workers one at a time,” the source said. “The soldier was washing his boots when water entered that boat and it capsized and the rifle fell into the creeks the other members of the crew had crossed and waiting for him to cross.” The source said that the attention of the fishermen operating along the creek was drawn to the distressed soldier. They fisherman were only able to rescue the driver of the ill-fated boat. It was gathered that officials of NAOC, National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency, and Oil workers were returning from an assessment visit to an oil leak site when the incident occurred on Thursday evening. Samuel Oburo, Youth President Kalaba Community, in Okordia said that the riffle of the dead soldier was recovered by local divers on Friday. “Some soldiers from Elele barrack came around after the remains of the soldier was recovered and asked me to mobilize local divers in search of the rifle of the soldier,” Mr. Oburo said. “We went in search of the gun and we recovered the rifle and handed it over to them, later in the day another senior officer came to show appreciation to the community,” Mr. Oburo said. The spokesman of the Joint Military Force in the Niger Delta Col Isa Ado could not be reached on telephone for comments on the incident. He did not respond to a text message requesting his comments. Eni, parent company of NAOC, have yet to respond to an email seeking a response on the incident. http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/203777-soldier-drowns-boat-mishap-near-bayelsa-oilfield.html |
Re: Soldier Drowns In Boat Mishap Near Bayelsa Oilfield by debris: 7:26pm On May 20, 2016 |
hmmm U no sabi swim dem send u go Niger delta u go Who u hep?? Naija deltans are not smiling oo 1 Like |
Re: Soldier Drowns In Boat Mishap Near Bayelsa Oilfield by TPAND(f): 7:57pm On May 20, 2016 |
What is the water depth of the Niger Delta Creek. Checked google can't find any pointers and answers to my question Anybody knows. |
Re: Soldier Drowns In Boat Mishap Near Bayelsa Oilfield by Jirate(m): 7:57pm On May 20, 2016 |
God, so these are the People Buhari wants to send to the Creeks to fish out Militants, Wonderful. For your information, Militants can swim for kilometers with out any kits and gears; in fact they are like water men who can live on land. Some already knows how to swim before they could walk properly as kids. 1 Like
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Re: Soldier Drowns In Boat Mishap Near Bayelsa Oilfield by googlepikins: 8:36pm On May 20, 2016 |
Buhari is evil and bad. |
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