A National Youth
Service Corps (NYSC) member is feared drowned in a boat accident on Thursday in
Okpotuwari Community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa.
Sources in the communitysaid on Friday that the corps
member, who hailed from Anambra drowned when the canoe he boarded capsized.
Mr Tontiemote Yeiyei, a resident of the community said that
the deceased, who was serving at Okpotuwari Community had gone to Ondewari with
two of his friends across the Osiana creek by a hand paddled canoe.
Yeiyei said the ill-fated canoe encountered rough currents
at the jetty as the deceased and the others were returning to Okpotuwari.
He said that following the boat accident, sympathisers
quickly raised a search party, during which the two others were rescued alive.
“The rescue team searched for the remains of the drowned
corps member to no avail, and local divers later joined them but they are yet
to find the body. Hopefully it will be afloat by Saturday.
“The survivors have been stabilised and are being taken care
of at a clinic,” Yeiyei said.
Marine police sources in Southern Ijaw said that the
incident was yet to be reported.
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