Bayelsa By-Election: Three Policemen Drown In Southern Ijaw River

A boat carrying some policemen to the southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, has capsized.

Citynews gathered that three policemen were said to have drowned while traveling to the area to monitor the senatorial by-election.

The incident was said to have occurred on the eve of the Saturday senatorial bye-elections in Bayelsa Central and West.

The deceased cops were being conveyed to their place of primary assignment when the incident took place.

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.