Nigeria: Navy Rescues 59 People From Drowning, Loses Officer

The Nigerian Navy says its Forward Operating Base (FOB) Bonny, has rescued 59 people from a dredging vessel, MV AMBIKA 4, working at Opobo field near Opobo River.

Opobo channel, in the lower section of Imo River, next to the estuary into the Atlantic Ocean, connects Akwa Ibom and Rivers states.

Information about the rescue operation is contained in a statement by the Director of Naval Information, Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, on Friday in Abuja.

Mr Adams-Aliu, a naval commodore, said the navy lost an…