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Published on 2025-07-31 14:04:13
The National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA, says the boat mishap which happened on Anam River in Anambra State in 2024, involving Nollywood actor Junior Pope and four others, was due to human error and not mechanical fault.
Managing Director of NIWA, Bola Oyebamiji, made the disclosure during a multi-modal transportation stakeholders forum in Abuja on Thursday.
According to him, some of the passengers on board before the fatality happened rejected life jackets offered to them.
“It was not mechanical failure, not impediments in the water or weather challenges, but…
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