Five siblings have reportedly died in a boat mishap that occurred in Rivers State on January 8, 2024.
Pastor Promise Festus, the father of the victims who lived in Ngo Town, Andoni local government area of Rivers state narrated his ordeal.
Festus explained in a viral video that the boat accident happened along the Andoni-Bonny waterways.
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According to him, his family and others were returning for the Christmas celebration in the village.
The Pastor described his world as shattered and appealed to the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and the chairman of his local government area for assistance.
Festus said:
“I went to celebrate Christmas with my people. So on the way coming back, January 8, I loaded people, who had no money to pay for transport with my family, accidentally, our boat capsized in front of the LNG, where there was no rescue, so about eleven people died and out of that eleven people, five are my sons and daughters, five are my children.
“We lost everything and there is no way for me even to survive. Everything in my life; phone, money that I will carry survive myself. Everything; my boat and other things. No business, no way, the way to start I don’t know.
“In my presence my children died. I want state government and Andoni Local Government to assist me. To forgive any sin that I committed and assist me.”
