Bayelsa Boat Mishap Leaves PDP Members Dead

Five members of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, on Saturday evening, drowned at a river in Bayelsa State. It was reported that seven other members of the party were rescued from the same boat.

The party members were coming from a ward congress held in the state when the unfortunate incident occurred. Among the survivors was a former deputy governor of the state, Peremobowei Ebebi. Local divers quickly entered into the water to save the drowning persons when the boat capsized.

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It was gathered that the incident happened in Ekeremor local council area of the state.

Meanwhile, three bodies of the five dead victims have been recovered. Their bodies were washed ashore. Search for the two others is still ongoing.

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