The Nigerian Army, 6 Division, Port Harcourt, has lost one of its officers in a boat mishap that occurred on the Bolo waterway, in Ogu-Bolo Local Government Area of Rivers State.
Major Danjuma Jonah, the Acting Deputy Director, 6 Division Army Public Relations, in a statement, confirmed that the soldier died last weekend while on active duty.
The Army spokesperson disclosed that a gunboat carrying the deceased was hit by a turbulent wave, which threw him overboard, and he was nowhere to be found.
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According to the statement the soldier’s lifeless body and the boat involved in the accident were retrieved following launch of search and rescue mission.
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Jonah further said the deceased paid the supreme sacrifice in the defence of his fatherland and service to humanity, adding that the Nigerian Army would greatly miss him.
