Two Nigerian soldiers have been
confirmed dead and several others
injured in a boat mishap in Delta
State, a day after a soldier drowned
in Bayelsa State.
The latest incident, which
happened on Friday, involved a
military patrol team around the
creeks of Egwa 1, near an SPDC
flow station in Warri South West
Local Government Area of Delta.
It came after another boat mishap
at Agip’s oil field in Bayelsa on
Thursday killed a soldier.
Some residents of the area told
PREMIUM TIMES that the incident
occurred around 10 am Friday.
The residents wondered why the
military was deploying troops who
could not swim to engage militants
in their familiar terrain.
The incident, it was learnt, has
thrown the Joint Task Force (JTF),
Operation Pulo Shied and 3
Battalion of the Nigerian Army
Effurun, into mourning.
Community sources also confirmed
the incident but could not give
details.
A senior military officer, who later
confirmed the incident, said the
military boat was carrying about 10
soldiers when it capsized.
The officer said they were on a
normal routine patrol of oil
installations around the Egwa 1
community when the incident
occurred.
It was further gathered that those
who sustained various degrees of
injuries had been conveyed to an
undisclosed hospital for medical
care in Warri.
“We lost two of our soldiers to a
boat mishap early this morning
around Egwa 1 in Warri South
West of Delta State.
They were patrolling the creeks
when the incident happened.
Report reaching us says scores were
injured,” the officer, who spoke on
a condition of anonymity said.
Isa Ado, JTF’s spokesman could not
be reached for response. Calls and
a text message sent to his telephone
line were equally not answered or
replied.
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