40 Die In Rivers Boat Mishap

No fewer than 40 persons were feared dead on Tuesday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State when a passenger boat carrying 47 passengers capsized and emptied its human content into the Rumuolumeni River.
The unfortunate incident, according to reports happened around 9:30 pm while the boat was travelling from high-brow Eagle Island in the state capital.
The Rumuolumeni River passes through the back of the expansive premises of the Italian oil giant, the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) to Iwofe, Port Harcourt.
Seven of the passengers, including a two-year-old baby, had so far been rescued, while divers, as at press time, were still combing the river for corpses of the victims.
Relatives of the victims have besieged the Rumuolumeni jetty; the Rivers State government-owned Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital (BMSH), where corpse of one of the victims was deposited and other hospitals in Port Harcourt, for information on passengers of the ill-fated boat.


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Is that not the river that goes to LNG facility too.Too think that I ply that route is scary

May their souls rest in peace.Sad story. How manage did they rescue two year old baby

Wow, God have mercy.

This one pass bokoharam. May their soul RIP.

Why can this boat operators provide its passengers with safety vest incase iof
mishap. where the hell is road safety abi water safety?

this na ember month we dey. RIP

May be is the handwork of boko haram, how bad this boko haram reached that area.

very sad. we should always take pre-caution in everything.

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Why can this boat operators provide its passengers with safety vest incase iof
mishap. where the hell is road safety abi water safety?

Marine safety is obviously not as popular as the FRSC. I think the FG should harmonize it all into Federal Transportation Safety Commission (FTSC) so that all means of transportation can be looked into with the same attention.

Sad story. Drowning is not funny to imagine.

Another waste of human beings due to the neglect of some important issues.
If you check the whole of that boat, you may not see two life jackets,
whereas if such means of transportation is unavoidable in that region,
there is nothing wrong in the Govt. mandating every boat to be well equipped.
Anyway, nothing concern the leaders as majority of them have their own fly-boats.
RIP to the "wasted lives".

another unfortunate case of no one cares!we've had several water mishap in this country, the aftermath of all this must have brought an agency in charge of inland waterways safety; where are they? once they have been tipped all is well,the operators also do not care about the lives of the people in case a mishap, the commuters did not come together to make lifejacket a must before boarding. sad some might complain but many will say E NO GO HAPPEN why u dey think bad thing.lets see if someone will be held responsible, that is the only way to stop bad things happening.may the soul of the departed RIP.

one month 22 days off NL; only 2 see dis HORRIBLE story, plus ma siblings just returned frm skool and told me dat they've lost a teacher. Toooooooo baaaaaaaaaad

rip

Hope the incident will be investigated?

otokx:

Hope the incident will be investigated?

unfortunately it won't be investigated any may their soul rest in peace.

Rip. . .

afam4eva:

This one pass bokoharam. May their soul RIP.

U no fit compare am to bombko harmram, May there Soul rest in peace

otokx:

Hope the incident will be investigated?

Yes it will be investigated, a 7man panel of enquiry will be set, their report will be submitted after 3 months and that will be the end of it until another one occurs months after. You will be surprised that those who should take responsibilty for sefety in our waterways are even thanking God that its "just 40 people". We'v lost dignity for human lives, maybe its the consequence of over population afterall sometimes scarcity creates value. May their souls RIP!

9p.m? I thought it was against Nigerian Marine law to travel after 7pm on our inland water ways.
All the same, may the souls of the victims rest in peace.

Boy that river is tough. Used to ply it to Soku Gas Plant but never back to Saipem before 5 pm. How anybody will try that thing at 9 pm beats my imagination. May their souls rest in peace. Sad loss.

It is a sad story, may God grant them eternal life.

jidsoon:

40 Die In Rivers Boat Mishap

No fewer than 40 persons were feared dead on Tuesday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State when a passenger boat carrying 47 passengers capsized and emptied its human content into the Rumuolumeni River.
The unfortunate incident, according to reports happened around 9:30 pm while the boat was travelling from high-brow Eagle Island in the state capital.
The Rumuolumeni River passes through the back of the expansive premises of the Italian oil giant, the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) to Iwofe, Port Harcourt.
Seven of the passengers, including a two-year-old baby, had so far been rescued, while divers, as at press time, were still combing the river for corpses of the victims.
Relatives of the victims have besieged the Rumuolumeni jetty; the Rivers State government-owned Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital (BMSH), where corpse of one of the victims was deposited and other hospitals in Port Harcourt, for information on passengers of the ill-fated boat.


http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news-update/29738-40-die-in-rivers-boat-mishap.html

RIP to all the dead and congratulation to the survivors. Government is unable to maintain road safety and now marine safety and compliance is out of hand, What a country.

The boat company must be prosecuted, may their souls rest in perfect peace.

na only this kind news BBC dey like report
www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/world-africa-16189742

Real sad. RIP to those that didn't make it thru

Its a pity,may their souls RIP.

May their soul R.I.P.

May there souls rest in peace.

This always happen when you have greedy boat owners and drivers who will carry over-load just because of extra coins. The passengers as well, never patient and thinking straight. How can one board a boat when it is very clear that it is overloaded (even if it's a ship) and at that time of the night, gosh.

No matter how bad the traffic is, from Agip to Rumuolumeni, it will always be free by 10pm. If they can wait until 9pm, why not be patient for the next hour. People need to put on their thinking cap sometimes. It's a pity. May their souls RIP.

Safety is one thing Nigeria as a nation has not taken so serious. Air, waterways & road safety is grossly inadequately enforced by govt in nigeria. People shuld however value their lives more by insisting on safety standards. So many lives have been lost carelessly and yet another 40 added. Na wa oo!