The Commissioner of Police Anambra State, Mr Aderemi Adeoye, has extended condolences to the families of actors who lost their lives as a result of a Boat Accident which occurred on the river Niger in the afternoon of Wednesday, tenth April, 2024.
In a release signed by the State Police Public Relations Officer Mr Tochukwu Ikenga, said that the boat, one of the two that conveyed the crew to a film location in Anambra West Local Government Area of the State, was returning to Asaba, where it took off from when the accident happened.
According to the release, on being notified of the capsize, the Anambra Police Command Marine Division deployed 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 them over to the President of the Actors Guild for conveyance to the Hospital while the rescue team went back in search of the three others who were still missing as at the time of this release.
Although the accident happened within the jurisdiction of Anambra State Command, issues relating to the release of bodies of the accident victims for a decent burial are to be handled by the Delta State Police Command.
The Commissioner of Police therefore commiserated with the family, friends and fans of the actors who died as a result of the boat mishap and prayed Almighty God to grant their souls an eternal repose.
Preliminary enquiry has given insight into the cause of the accident and an exhaustive investigation has been ordered by Mr Adeoye with a view to determining criminal liability of any person, if any, in the mishap.
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