BREAKING: Many Injured As Helicopter Shot Down Passenger Boat In Rivers

Posted by Tolulope Ogugua Breaking News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State Friday, August 27th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An unidentified helicopter has allegedly shot down a local passenger boat travelling from Port Harcourt to Bonny in Rivers State.

Many people were severely wounded in the incident and have been rushed to the nearest hospital.

Eye witnesses at the Bonny-Nembe waterside where the boat took off from in Port Harcourt, confirmed to newsmen that there were casualties.

While expressing shock over the incident, he said that the boat conveyed passengers and foodstuff.

“The local boat that just left here to Bonny, within the Treasure Island area, a chopper or I will call it a flight helicopter, just came behind, went very low and started shooting at the wooden boat.

“From the information we got from a boat driver, there were passengers in the boat. The boat also contained foodstuff such as garri, rice and other items.

“Everyone knows that is the route transporting foodstuff to Bonny. Some people died in the boat,” he claimed

When contacted, a spokesman of the state Police Command, Nnamdi Omoni, said that he had yet to get the report and asked our correspondent to call back later.

Spokesman of the 6 Division, Nigeria Army, Charles Ekeocha, did not pick calls put across to him by our correspondent; just like his counterpart in the Nigerian Air Force, Port Harcourt, as of the time of filing this report.