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A female corps member and a pregnant woman were among passengers who drowned in a boat mishap between Otuan and Ayama communities of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
Channels Television gathered that one of the victims of the mishap was a mother with her two kids and a 70 years old Otuan chief. The boat and the corpses of the victims are still missing at the time of this report.
The boat, with a 15-passenger capacity, rammed into a barrier while trying to berth close to the Ayama community. It was gathered that the Saturday afternoon rain storm, which made all the passengers cover themselves with Tarpaulin, reduced visibility, thus contributing to the incident.
