SAN FRANCISCO, December 05, (THEWILL) –Â An unspecified number of policemen on bye-election duty have drowned in Bayelsa State.
They were said to have drowned on their way to the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa Central senatorial district after the speedboat in which they were travelling capsized.
The incident was said to have occurred on the eve of the Saturday senatorial bye-elections in Bayelsa Central and West.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Bayelsa State Police Command, Asinim Butswat, confirmed the accident.
“The boat capsized on their way to Oporoma, headquarters of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area”, he said.
Butswat, however, said the number of casualties had yet to be ascertained.
