There was pandemonium in Borikiri in the Port Harcourt Township on Thursday, when a 32-year-old man, Mr. Sotonye Iyaeneomie, drowned in the river.
It was gathered that the deceased, Iyaeneomie died in the Almarine/Etche Creek. This publication gathered that the deceased went out for local sand excavation on Monday and was returning home at about 8pm in his local canoe (sand-boat filled with sand when he was eventually intercepted by the waves of a speed boat.
Our correspondent gathered that his death was noticed by his parents after two days through the sand boat owner and his decomposing body was found under the Okrika refinery jetty by a searching team.###
Bennett James
