Nigerian Army Personnel Drowns While On Duty

Nigerian Army Personnel Drowns While On Duty

Nigerian Army personnel attached to the 6 Division, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, drowned on duty following a boat mishap on the Bolo waterway in Ogu/Bolo LGA of Rivers State on Saturday.

According to Major Jonah Danjuma, acting spokesman of the division, said in a statement that the victim was one of the soldiers deployed on duty on the waterways in the Niger Delta to safeguard national assets.

Major Danjuma said the gunboat carrying the soldier was hit by a turbulent wave which led to the sad incident.

The major explained that the soldier was declared missing after the accident, and a search and rescue mission was launched and his corpse recovered.