Promising Bayelsa State born footballer, Ernest Peremobowei who emerged as the joint top scorer of this year’s Governor’s Cup is dead.
AIT.live gathered that the player was on his way to Yenebelebiri community located across the state capital in company of five persons when their boat capsized and he died in the process around 10pm.
Younger brother to the deceased, Earnest Komboye, who confirmed the incident, said his brother died of exhaustion after saving five occupants of the boat.
He was in company of five other persons who were trying to cross over to the Yenebelebiri community to check the level of destruction of the flood on their houses and property.
He said due to the high current of the flood, they lost control of the boat when they smashed into the Government Jetty Barge. He was the only one that knew how to swim well and he rescued the five persons who were with him and it was believed that he was exhausted and was washed away by the current.
His brother also confirmed that the last person rescued by his late brother was at the Federal Medical Centre Yenagoa for treatment.
The deceased player represented Dreams Football Academy of Yenagoa in this year’s National Aiteo Cup against Police Crime Bursters FC Of Port Harcourt and Niger Tornadoes of Minna.
Meanwhile, most residents of Yenagoa can now access their homes using local canoes as the flood water continues to rise across the eight local government areas of the State.
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The flood water has hit alarming heights in Bayelsa State as the ravaging flood in Nigeria continues without any practical solutions to mitigate the natural disaster.
The story of how over 100 coastal communities were being submerged in Bayelsa State with the capital Yenagoa also facing serious threat as flood waters have covered major access roads while many persons move on local boats to access their flooded houses .
With the increasing number of flood victims in various camps for displaced persons in Yenagoa, many of the affected persons around St. Peters axis of Ovom and other areas within the metropolis have chosen to live in their flooded houses even in the face of the rising waters.
While many people live and walk through the flood water in the quest of survival in the season of suffering and hardships, movement of essential commodities into the state have been slowed down by the collapse of the East-West Road as residents face harsh economic hardship over skyrocketed prices of stample food items, fuel and other goods.
The State Government has however continued to visit and reach out to flooded communities and IDPs camps as people of the state hope to receive urgent attention from the Federal Government and its agencies.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
