I write this with a lot of pain and grief. This was a bad one.

I woke up to a call yesterday of a loved one calling me and panting over the phone. I was like sister what's the problem?she shouted Amen upon hearing my voice.
I too, scared had to ask her again what the problem was?

She said that a vessel named Austrheim just sank at sea and knowing I do a lot of business with that route,she just had to call to make sure her loved one was not in it!

Actually I did not travel due to improper schedules of arrival of some of my commodities,making it impossible for my commodities to meet up with departure time of this particular vessel.
I was mad!!!little did I know that I was about to be saved of a huge financial loss that would have crippled me financially and put me in turmoil.
Every disappointment is indeed a blessing like people say.

At this point I just have to believe my mom's prayers actually works!

I was speechless,my heart fell in my stomach because I knew what it meant for me. Lots of money and lives lost!people have perished and livelihoods lost.

But at this point money isn't important but we should all give a moment of silence to the hustling men and women trying to make a living for themselves in those waters.

It left calabar on Saturday morning heading for tiko, Cameroon and never made it. It actually sank in the bakassi peninsula.

Word from survivors say it ran aground due to the captain's negligence and incompetence.

106 people have been rescued so far and I have started seeing missing person pictures of people I know too well and all I could do now is hope it is not what I think yet.

This was the Austrheim the said morning before departure loading for Central Africa in calabar,Nigeria.
Such a beauty plaqued by improper maintenance by the said company COMATRANS(Bunch of lunatics)
Fourth sinking in a row,this being the most fatal.

Some few moments after.

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Seun try fix this site.
How can one be facing difficulties in uploading ordinary pictures?

Fourcade,thegirlnextdoor...
Did you guys hear about This?

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Thank God for the Cameroonian navy that intervened fully in the rescue of 106 passengers.
100+ men,women and children still missing...
We hope they make it ooo

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Be thankful your enemies aren’t mocking you ATM, but this life sha we take lots of risks everyday
Abi is it not the same route some folks have been plying for decades and they never experienced any form of mishap,
Life is comical sha, thank goodness you had no goods on the ship
Our heart goes to those who lost valuables and loved ones! I hope they find comfort and they get back on their feet again!
You are one lucky dude Logobenz

Really sad situation that could have been averted by proper crew,maintenance,professionalism and a functional shipping company.Not that group of fuckers called COMATRANS
Lives lost and billions of naira at the bottom of the ocean as we speak

tillaman:
Be thankful your enemies aren’t mocking you ATM, but this life sha we take lots of risks everyday
Abi is it not the same route some folks have been plying for decades and they never experienced any form of mishap,
Life is comical sha, thank goodness yours weren’t a part of the goods!
Our heart goes to those who lost valuables and loved ones! I hope they find comfort and they get back on their feet again!
You are one lucky dude Logobenz

Indeed brother,I now believe this.
I don't know where all this luck comes from.like I am the last person that deserves it but it keeps following me everywhere I go.
Is it God?why me?I don't even pray!
Wow!!just speechless right now brother.

Young kid who grew up infront of me trying to make ends meet for himself and very poor family amongst the people missing in that vessel
I just don't want to believe it's true yet!!

More of the plagued Austrheim

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Wheew!!
Ugosample it's a sad one o

Logobenz3:
Indeed brother,I now believe this.
I don't know where all this luck comes from.like I am the last person that deserves it but it keeps following me everywhere I go.
Is it God?why me?I don't even pray!
Wow!!just speechless right now brother.

it doesn’t necessarily have to do with prayers!!
If a man is pure in heart, or sometimes a prayerful mother too, there are people on that ship or people that have goods worth millions on that ship that are very prayerful but they still became victims

tillaman:
it doesn’t necessarily have to do with prayers!!
If a man is pure in heart, or sometimes a prayerful mother too, there are people on that ship or people that have goods worth millions on that ship that are very prayerful but they still became victims

True Bro,true I swear.
Full truck of these was meant for that Austrheim.This would have been the end for Logobenz I swear.
But as fate will have it,I narrowly escaped!
It's not how.much a man plans that makes him succeed but at times luck and destiny(akaraka) follows too.
No mock anybody for street,you no smart or wise or sharp pass them.
Some people planned and worked too but e no just enter!

Haaaaa this is serious.
Water is my biggest phobia. I can't even go close to water.
May their soul rest in peace and may God comfort the family they left behind.
Dear future husband pls take note, No Romantic Date on the water. Thank you...

Logobenz3:
More... Wheew!! Ugosample it's a sad one o

wow

Jeez... Rest in peace to those who died

this is really sad,. cameroon media already reported it 7 hour ago and non of our media has gotten any information

O.P should take heart about his missing friends RIP to them


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This is saddening.

What a Tragedy!

Eiyaaa

This is extremely sad and traumatizing our government should sanction that company with heavy fine and huge compensation for the families of the casualties and those unaccounted for.

Logobenz3:
Fourcade,thegirlnextdoor...
Did you guys hear about This?

I heard about it yesterday.

We thank God for the gift of life!
Those missing I don't know their fate now. May the souls of the departed rest in peace.

I really don't know what's happening to COMATRANS. They lost their biggest ship 'Brenda Collete' just some months back with goods worth millions of Fcfa and now this. Na just to close the company remain. Even their Road transport means isn't operational again.

tillaman:
it doesn’t necessarily have to do with prayers!!
If a man is pure in heart, or sometimes a prayerful mother too, there are people on that ship or people that have goods worth millions on that ship that are very prayerful but they still became victims

Exactly!

It's just life . . .Shit happens when least expected.

Fourcade:


I heard about it yesterday.

We thank God for the gift of life!
Those missing I don't know their fate now. May the souls of the departed rest in peace.

I really don't know what's happening to COMATRANS. They lost their biggest ship 'Brenda Collete' just some months back with goods worth millions of Fcfa and now this. Na just to close the company remain. Even their Road transport means isn't operational again.

Exactly.
Brenda caught fire immediately after berthing in Tiko.
Now Austrheim capsized murdering all this people ffs!
I am getting reports of casualties of people I know.
I think they should seal,sanction and fine COMATRANS so they can finally go extinct finally so a better company can come ply that route again.
Keep wasting people's lives and money.
Mtcheew!!!

Please this should make FrontPage so relevant Authorities should see this and sanction that dysfunctional company.
Their recklessness has cost lives and properties of people a lot all in the space of 1year.
There must be something wrong.
Lalasticlala,justwise,seun.
Please push this and hold these people accountable for their actions.