Exact position not reported.
Local sources have reported that two passenger boats were boarded by robbers whilst underway in the Bonny waterways, Rivers State. The robbers forced the passengers to jump overboard before escaping with the two boats, this resulted in two of the passengers drowning whilst the remaining victims struggled to swim to the nearby mangroves. Local Security Agencies were mobilized after receiving distress calls from some of the passengers. When they arrived at the scene of the incident, they were able to recover the bodies
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