3 Top NNPC Officials Die As Expensive Bullet Proof Jeep Plunges Into River

 Three people believed to be officials of Hydro Carbon Pollution Restoration Project, an agency under the Nigerian

National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) were on Tuesday killed in an auto crash at Mbiama, Rivers State. The accident, which occurred at about 3:45pm, generated panic in the community. Mbiama is a boarder community between Rivers and Bayelsa states.

The victim’s bodies and the mangled vehicle were recovered from a river by local divers after three hours. The bodies were later taken to an undisclosed mortuary in Port Harcourt.

It was learnt that one of the occupants on board the vehicle, a Mercedes Jeep model G55, which plunged into the Mbiama River, Mrs Joy Nunieh-Okunu, survived the crash with the assistance of local divers that rescued her.

The survivor is receiving medical treatment in a Port Harcourt hospital. Investigations by National Mirror revealed that the vehicle, which was in a convoy of about 10 others, was heading for Port Harcourt.

The driver lost control of the vehicle due to over speeding before plunging into the river. One of the local divers, who identified himself as Egbo Julius, said some security men at the accident scene were helpless as they watched the divers struggling to retrieve the vehicle from the river.