Cypress042:
Sometimes i wonder if these boat drivers really know humans ain't aquatic animals, last weekened this same incident happened

I can remember vividly talking about the implementation of life jackets in those areas.

R.I.P to them

Bad effects of Alcohol consumption, RIP.

Rastaramsey:
Mhen this is becoming serious....

Life jackets should be introduced nah....

Lives are being lost on a steady and the authorities kept mute....

I no fi imagine myself sitting inside one small mumu boat speeding on a lagoon....

The fear of water still dey my body....

When I go baptise sef, I nearly cry as them dip me inside water....

Lagos state government is trying in that aspect.......but some idiots still board boats without the driver providing lifejackets...... especially in Epe , badagry

MAMMY WATER FOR SOUTHERN IJAW DON DY VEX .....MAKE THE CHIEFPRIEST DO GO APPEASE HER OR ELSE MORE WATERTRAGEDIES WILL OCCUR

Venomo:
Jesus Christ

This is the same name all the passengers shouted when the accident happened, thinking the name would save them but as usual, nothing happened.

Seriously!

Sad stories everywhere


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmWDHXWfDD4

This is very sad

May their souls rest in peace. Amen
I know one of the victims, a young girl doing her youth service at Bayelsa. She was going for her mum's funeral at Isuochi but unfortunately it just occurred. Rest in peace Jane.

and bad news na twins

I have always hated this speed boat of a thing, I cannot enter a boat without a roof and a comfortable seat
RIP to them

Cypress042:
Sometimes i wonder if these boat drivers really know humans ain't aquatic animals, last weekened this same incident happened

I can remember vividly talking about the implementation of life jackets in those areas.

R.I.P to them

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Most of those drivers are always high &driving under the influence of weed&alcohol, in this raining season, poor visibility &the volume of water increases in the river.
It is always safe to travel with your own Life jacket atleast & Bayelsa State government should provide a safer ferry boat for water transport, seriously I don't know what Bayelsa Government is doing with such a high monthly Allocation from FG.

Govt needs to look into these incidents seriously no be all these live jackets talk...from my experience in Cross river some of these boat parks are very careless, their drivers worse still.. they hardly maintain their boats. I can remember one i entered, this speed boat stopped three times in the middle of the river, the driver was busy Changing from one old plug to another. Sometimes self they'll over load the boat and don't care cuz they're really strong divers and swimmers

Old news

saintkeppy:
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Most of those drivers are always high &driving under the influence of weed&alcohol, in this raining season, poor visibility &the volume of water increases in the river.
It is always safe to travel with your own Life jacket atleast & Bayelsa State government should provide a safer ferry boat for water transport, seriously I don't know what Bayelsa Government is doing with such a high monthly Allocation from FG.

You nailed it.

What happened to the necessary PPE e.g life jackets..

3 fatal accidents in Bayelsa alone within the space of one week, God take control. RIP to the deceased

Lol

Cypress042:
Sometimes i wonder if these boat drivers really know humans ain't aquatic animals, last weekened this same incident happened

I can remember vividly talking about the implementation of life jackets in those areas.

R.I.P to them

I don’t know much about the operation of those plying the Southern Ijaw terrain, but I’m certain of those moving from Yenagoa/Nember/Ogbia to Brass. They always ensure that passengers use their life vests before leaving the ‘jetty’.

Babatunde7109:


I don’t know much about the operation of those plying the Southern Ijaw terrain, but I’m certain of those moving from Yenagoa/Nember/Ogbia to Brass. They always ensure that passengers use their life vests before leaving the ‘jetty’.

That's commendable.

I cannot, and will never enter a boat without a life jacket.
They felt they can sail without a jacket, yet they cannot swim.
They died out of their own negligence.

Cypress042:
Sometimes i wonder if these boat drivers really know humans ain't aquatic animals, last weekened this same incident happened

I can remember vividly talking about the implementation of life jackets in those areas.

R.I.P to them

Cypress042:
That's commendable.

Yeah.

lilyheaven:
I cannot, and will never enter a boat without a life jacket. They felt they can sail without a jacket, yet they cannot swim. They died out of their own negligence.

You forgot to add Ignorance too.

Routine sacrifice, it happened last year or last two years.

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Source: https://dailypost.ng/2022/06/23/tragedy-again-boat-accident-claims-eight-lives-in-bayelsa/

I can’t risk myself using boat in this country were nothing is reliable.

It may sound strange,but who knows whether water spirits thirsty for blood aren't responsible for most cases of drownings of river travellers and swimmers, in riverine areas.
Many cases of boat accidents aren't just mere accidents.