Two Children Who Drown on Okrika-Marine Base Waterway, Buried by River Bank
Besides the boat accident which claimed the life of tragic-hero, Joe Blankson, on July 28, 2018, there have been reports of about two separate accidents on the waterways in Rivers State. One worthy of mention happened on Sunday, August 5, 2018 and took the lives of two children who were declared missing after the accident. Tragically, the children who were initially three in number are siblings. One of them was found not too long after the accident occurred on the Okrika-Marine Base waterway, rushed to the hospital and resuscitated. The other two were found on Tuesday, two days after the accident happened. Their distraught father, Henry Amamina said the children were buried by the river bank, stating that he couldn’t hold anyone responsible for their death because they are already gone. The girls, Destiny and Ngowari Amamina, six and four years old were on the boat with their mother and other sister. Mr Amamina claimed his daughters did not have on life jackets, ...