{"id":51124,"date":"2023-06-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/?guid=d45b8e9f9f527d8e81ea148edba0e63c"},"modified":"2023-06-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T00:00:00","slug":"5-die-as-speed-boat-capsizes-in-calabar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/5-die-as-speed-boat-capsizes-in-calabar\/","title":{"rendered":"5 die as speed boat capsizes in Calabar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Five persons were feared dead on Saturday after a speed boat capsized in Calabar waterways.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the boat capsized on its way to Oron in Akwa Ibom.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>A senior naval officer attached to the Eastern Naval Command, who pleaded anonymity, confirmed the incident and said that the command played a major role in rescuing some of the victims.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Navy partook in the rescue mission, we at least rescued 14 of them.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t give you the exact position of the boat because we only rushed for the rescue mission, but I\u2019m sure the command will soon release a statement to this effect,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>NAN gathered that 20 persons boarded the boat at Marina in Calabar.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>It, however, capsized minuets after sailing from Calabar Marina yard.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Source: News Agency of Nigeria<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Five persons were feared dead on Saturday after a speed boat capsized in Calabar waterways.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the boat capsized on its way to Oron in Akwa Ibom.A senior naval officer attached to the Eastern Naval Command, wh&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - 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