The incident occurred about 10 am on Monday along Brass waterfront in Brass Local Government area of the State when the Soldiers were conveyed to Bayelsa State.
The mission of the Soldiers to the area could not be actually defined, but it may not be unconnected with the deployment of military personnel to the area to curtail the rumored declaration of Niger Delta Republic and the renewed militancy in the Area. Since February 2016, there has been serous unrest in the region occasioned by oil installation vandalism and resounding gun shot.
According to an eye witness in the area, who said in recent times there have been heavy presence of military personnel in our region, added that about 10 am some uniformed Soldiers were struggling to rescue some of their colleague who were in the same boat but the ocean current was not helping matters. It was gathered that the boat that was conveying the Soldier was involve in an accident, a sort of panic ensured around the water front when some of the Soldiers could not be found after their boat capsized and their rife were missing too.
Every effort to rescue the military men was abortive as some of the youth hired to search for the Soldiers could not make head way..
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