BEVERLY HILLS, May 20, (THEWILL) – Three soldiers with the Niger Delta’s Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Pulo Shield (OPS) have drowned in two different boat accidents which occurred in Bayelsa and Delta states on Friday.
The Bayelsa incident occurred in Yenagoa, the state capital, and one soldier was involved in the accident.
Sources told THEWILL that the soldier was escorting oil workers from an oil spill site when their boat capsized at Taylor Creek near an oilfield operated by Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) in Okordia, Yenagoa local government area of the state.
The boat conveying the crew from Agip’s field capsized on their way back from the site at the oilfield and the soldier drowned before help could come his way.
The other members of the crew had crossed and were waiting for the soldier who could not make it.
The other accident occurred around the creeks of Egwa 1 near the Shell flowstation in the Warri south west local government area of Delta state.
Security personnel were on patrol when the boat capsized.
There were about 10 soldiers in the boat but two died while others sustained injuries and have been taken to the hospital.
