I saw this on Vanguardngr A boat traveling from Oron in Akwa Ibom State to Malabao in Equilateral Guinea, yesterday, capsized at the Calabar Waterways with no fewer than 166 passengers feared dead.
The “giant-sized wooden boat” when it capsized at 40 nautical miles along the coast of Calabar off Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, waterways”.
The eyewitnesses said the boat was carrying 168 passengers, adding that rescue efforts were still going on.
Leaving over 45 people dead, 45 corpses of some of the victims have been deposited at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, UCTH, mortuary.
The Assistant Director Information, Cross River Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, Mr David Akate, who confirmed the incident, further details was not given regarding the incident A marine transporter at the Calabar Inland Waterways, Mr Ikechukwu Egwu, also confirmedthe incident.
He said the passengers of the boat were mostly Igbo traders who were heading for Gabon, adding that they were mostly from the South East states who headed to Oron in Akwa Ibom to board the wooden boat because it was cheap.
“They are mostly Igbo traders who headed to Oron to board the wooden boat because it was cheaper,” he said. A statement by spokesman of National Emergency ManagementAgency, Mr Y A Shuaib however said “Nigerian rescuers have recovered 9 bodies while two survivors have been taken to UCTH Calabar”, adding that rescue continues
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