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Barely 48 hours after a Nigerian Airforce helicopter crashed landed in Abuja killing all crew on board, another military tragedy was averted in Opobo, Rivers State, on Monday.
A Nigerian Navy jubilee gunboat with visual call sign JEF 5 on routine patrol along Opobo waterways capsized with 5 crewmen aboard.
However, the 5 officers escaped unscathed.
According to online reports, investigation has revealed that the boat mishap was caused by a fire.
Meanwhile, IDOMA VOICE reports that Nigeria Airforce had said the ill-fated plane that crashed shortly after take-off from Abuja airport, killing everyone on board, was on a mission to rescue the abducted students and staff of the Government Science School in Kagara, Niger state reportedly abducted by bandits.
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