Two feared dead as landslide hit Bayelsa community

Vanguard

29 September 2011

Two feared dead as landslide hit Bayelsa community

Two persons among them a graduate of Bayelsa State owned Niger Delta University were Thursday  feared in a landslide which reportedly hit riverine Peremabiri community in the Southern Ijaw local government area of the state.

The missing youths, identified as Mr. Ikioudo Abel, a graduate of the Niger Delta University and a secondary school leaver, Stanley Dominic, were reported to have been submerged by the landslide during a game of football close to the community waterside.

Though the immediate cause of the landslide could not be ascertained but some indigenes of the community said it might not be unconnected with the incessant dredging work in the area.  Sources said the search for the missing youths is still on.