Boat Mishap Claims Five Lives in Delta

No fewer than five persons has been confirmed dead after a boat capsized along Bennet Island River in Warri South Local Government area of Delta State.

According to NigerDeltaToday report, the accident occurred late Monday night.

Delta State Police Command spokesman, SP Bright Edafe, confirmed the development in the early hours of Tuesday.

Edafe disclosed that six other persons were injured in the boat collision.

“Five found dead, six persons injured and still receiving treatment, nineteen persons rescued, one still missing”, Edafe said in a short statement.

This is coming barely few days after an earlier boat mishap involving a boat engaged by the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Emomotimi Guwor and another owned by a billionaire businessman and Maton Engineering Nigeria Limited Chairman, Mr. Matthew Tonlagha.

According to reports, the Speaker was returning from his village after an outing on Friday, November 22, 2024, when his boat and another had a collision resulting in the death of about six persons and several others injured.