Nigeria: One Feared Dead As Bayelsa Dep-Gov's Boat Convoy Crashes

24 December 2013

Yenagoa — A soldier on the security team of the Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Rear Admiral John Jonah (rtd) was Sunday feared dead in a boat crash along the mangrove in the Ogbia-Nembe waterways.

While the ex-soldier reportedly died on the spot, two others sustained serious injuries.The boat driver was said to have lost control of the watercraft, veered off the water and crashed into the mangroves at about 8 am.

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