Principal, Three Others Die In Boat Accident
The
principal of Eniong Comprehensive Secondary School in Atan, Odukpani
Local Government Area of Cross River State, Mr. Anoyom Owen, and three
others whose identities could not be immediately ascertained, have died
after a boat in which they were travelling collided with another one at
the Eniong River.
An
eyewitness and a passenger in one of the boats, Mr. Bob Ekpo, said the
incident, which occurred late Thursday, happened when the principal was
returning from Calabar to the village after an official trip to the
state Ministry of Education.
“Owen
was coming from Calabar where he went to attend to issues concerning his
school. Unfortunately, he came back a little late and boarded the boat
at Okopedi heading for Eniong at about 8pm when the accident took
place,” he said.
The eyewitness said
the principal boarded the boat along with 10 others who were also going
to Eniong, but another boat with about 20 passengers collided with the
oncoming boat.
According
to him, most of the passengers were rescued by an emergency rescue team
but the 50-year-old principal and three others could not be located
that night until the next day.
“The next morning, the search party
from the community located the bodies some three kilometres away where
they had been washed ashore,” he said.
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