Some persons were injured on Thursday when a jet suspected to belong to the military shot a cargo boat conveying foodstuffs and other edible items from Port Harcourt to Bonny Island.
The incident was said to have occurred along Okrika Dutch/Bonny Island at about 1:00pm.
An eyewitness narrated that “The incident happened yesterday (Thursday) at about 1.00 pm. It was not hidden people saw it.
“A cargo boat conveying foodstuffs such as garri, rice, yam and other edible food items from Port Harcourt to Bonny and on getting to Okrika Dutch Island en route Bonny, a jet suspected to belong the military came down and opened fire on the cargo boat that had some passengers on it. Many people were injured.”
The eyewitness added that those injured were taken to an undisclosed hospital in Okrika.
The Rivers State Police Command’s Public Relation Officer, SP Nnamdi Omoni, said he will hold a press conference on the incident soon.
Rafiu Oladejo, the Commanding Officer of the Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base in Bonny, said he heard about the incident but claimed it did not happen in Bonny Island.
