The Anambra State Police Command has revealed that seven individuals, including six actors and an actress, were rescued from a tragic boat accident on the River Niger on Wednesday. However, a search operation is ongoing for three individuals who remain missing.
In a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, on Thursday, it was disclosed that the boat, one of two conveying crew members to a film location in Anambra West Local Government Area, was returning to Asaba when the accident occurred.
Anambra State Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye, expressed heartfelt condolences to the families of the actors who lost their lives in the accident.
According to reports, the rescue operation, initiated upon notification of the capsize, involved the deployment of the Anambra Command Marine Police, which successfully rescued six actors and one actress from the water.
The statement read, “The Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, CP Aderemi Adeoye, has extended his heartfelt condolences to the families of actors who lost their lives as a result of a boat accident which occured on the River Niger in the afternoon of Wednesday, April 10, 2024.
“The boat, one of two that conveyed the crew to a film location in Anambra West LGA of Anambra State, was returning to Asaba, where it took off from when the accident happened.
“On being notified of the capsize, Anambra Command Marine Police deployed for rescue operations and successfully rescued six actors and one actress from the water.
“Two others who were unconscious were also pulled out with the aid of fishermen and conveyed to the Delta State Command Marine Police Jetty, where other members of the crew who travelled in the first boat were waiting and handed over to the President of the Actors Guild for conveyance to the hospital while the rescue team went back in search of three others who are still missing as of the time of this release.”
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