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Bayelsa Decides: Boat Conveying Journalists, Others Capsized
– The journalists were returning from the polling station when the incident occurred and left the victims submerged
– A boat carrying four journalists covering the governorship elections, including its correspondent capsized
– A stretch of about 200 metres along the road, leading to polling unit 4, Ward 6, where the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Sen. Douye Diri voted was flooded
A boat carrying four journalists covering the governorship elections, including its correspondent in a flooded parts of Sampou community on Nun River in Kolokuma Opokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa have capsized.
The journalists were returning from the polling station when the incident occurred and left the victims submerged but the immediate intervention of sympathisers rescued the journalists whose mobile phones, cameras and recorders were drenched.
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A stretch of about 200 metres along the road, leading to polling unit 4, Ward 6, where the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Sen. Douye Diri voted was flooded, compelling the journalists to resort to local canoes to cross.
The flood had delayed the setup of polling stations across the flooded community to about 10.16 a.m, two hours behind schedule.
The flood submerged many parts of Amasoma, Yenagoa and parts of Sagbama, a development that displaced polling stations.
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