Nineteen bodies have been recovered following Wednesday’s cargo boat accident along the Ezetu I community river in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
Recall the ill-fated boat conveying traders mostly women and their merchandise was said to have left the Ezetu I community on the Atlantic fringe around 3 pm on the fateful day and sailing to Swali in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital when its engine exploded, caught fire and sank in the middle of the river.
TheNewsGuru.com, had earlier reported no fewer than twenty of the occupants’ the majority of whom are of Igbo extraction, perished in the tragic accident.
As at the time of filing this report, nineteen bodies of the victims were said to have been recovered by local divers and men of the marine division of the Nigeria Police.
Sixteen of the corpses, it was learned, were conveyed to the state capital and deposited at the morgue of the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa on Friday while the other three are expected to arrive on Saturday.