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Naval ship rescues distressed oil vessel on high sea

By Hauwa Ali

A Nigerian Navy Ship, Okpabana, has rescued a surfer passenger boat,
NUE Swift, belonging to a Lagos-based oil service company,
This was made known by Naval spokesman, Commodore Ayo-Vaughan.
According to him, the rescue mission was carried out off Bonny Fairway
Buoy.
“The 16 metre Surfer Passenger Boat MV NUE SWIFT, which belongs to a
Lagos-based oil service company, had a crew of five Nigerians onboard.
The boat lost her means of propulsion at Agbara platform while transiting
from Forcados to Bonny single buoy mooring and drifted for about 32 hours
without any help or assistance.
“NNS OKPABANA in swift response to the boat’s distress message located
MV NUE SWIFT and towed the boat to Bonny anchorage. Accordingly, the
crew members were medically evaluated and counselled by Nigerian Navy
medical personnel onboard NNS OKPABANA.
“Thereafter, the crew and the boat were handed over to the Commanding
Officer, Nigerian Navy Forward Operations Base Bonny, on 6 July 2022 at
about 10am, for onward transfer to the company’s representatives.
“The Nigerian Navy, under the leadership of Vice Admiral Awwal Zubairu
Gambo, remains committed to her constitutional duty of promoting, co-
coordinating and enforcing safety regulations in the territorial waters and
the exclusive economic zone of Nigeria amongst other constitutional roles,”
Ayo-Vaughan said.

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