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Monday 3 November 2014
Ex-deputy governor survives boat mishap, as four die
A former Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State,
Peremobowei Ebebi, has survived a boat accident
but unfortunately, four others were not as lucky
as they drowned.
Ebebi was among the passengers in the boat that
capsized in the Ekeremor Local Government Area
of the state on Saturday after the state’s ward
congress of the Peoples Democratic Party.
The boat mishap reportedly claimed the lives of
four persons including an operative of the
Department of State Service.
However, fresh facts emerged on Sunday that if
not for the timely intervention of the locals, Ebebi
would have also died in the boat mishap.
The DSS officer, before the incident, was attached
to the office of the state Project Monitoring
Department located along Imgbi Road, Bayelsa
State.
He was said to have escorted the Head of the
Department, Mr. Ball Oyarede -who is aspiring for
a seat in the state House of Assembly – to
Ekeremor LGA for the just concluded ward
congress of the PDP.
Oyarede, a former Commissioner for Lands and
Housing and former state Representative, Niger
Delta Development Commission, is the Special
Adviser to the Governor on Special Duties.
It was learnt that while returning from the ward
congress on a boat the DSS officer and Ebebi
boarded at the Ekeremor Town jetty, it
overturned before taking off and emptied its
contents into the water.
Sources at the jetty said the scramble to rescue
Ebebi led to the death of the DSS officer and
three others.
One of the sources who pleaded anonymity
attributed the cause of the capsize to overloading.
According to him, the boat was loaded beyond its
capacity which forced it to tilt and eventually turn
upside down.
He said, “Most of the dead victims were trapped
in the enclosed compartment of the boat when it
capsized. Immediately the incident happened, the
villagers who were at the jetty dived into the
water in search of Ebebi.
“Eventually, when they lifted him, he had taken in
so much water and was unconscious. He was later
revived. But before help could come the way of
other victims, they had drowned.”
The source also said that the victims were not
wearing life jackets when the incident occurred.
He confirmed that the bodies of the dead
casualties were immediately recovered by local
divers and were brought to Yenagoa on Saturday.
It was gathered that a crane was later hired to
remove the capsized boat.
When contacted, the state Director, DSS, Mr.
La’san Baba, said the service had yet to confirm
the death of its officer.
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