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A rescue team of the union, consisting of two-speed boats, has been dispatched to the scene to assist the passengers on board. A wooden cargo boat, identified as ‘God bless Dickson’, laden with cargo and over 64 passengers and crew exploded, and burst into flames leaving 20 dead in Bayelsa waterways.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt on Thursday that the tragic incident occurred on Wednesday along the Ezetu 1 community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area (LGA) of Bayelsa. ASP Musa Mohammed, the Police Spokesman in Bayelsa told NAN correspondent on telephone that 20 people have been so …

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