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Nigeria: Navy Rescues 35 Drowning Passengers
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This Day (Lagos)
21 July 2008
Posted to the web 21 July 2008
Lagos
The Navy component of the Joint Task-Force, Operation Flush Out III, in Rivers at the weekend rescued all 35 passengers and crew on board a sinking Bonny-Ibanise passenger boat.
Navy Lieutenant Way Olabisi, the Information Officer of NNS Pathfinder, said this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt.
He said the boat was heading towards Port Harcourt when it had a problem at a location off Dawes Island and started to sink.
"At the point of sinking, Navy gunboats came to the rescue of the occupants of the boat," he said.
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"The gunboats later conveyed the passengers and crew safely to Port Harcourt", Olabisi added.
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