A fighter jet is reported to have shot down a wooden passenger boat travelling from Port Harcourt to Bonny in Rivers State.
A number of occupants of the boat are said to have been killed while many were injured.
The injured have been rushed to the hospital for treatment.
A eyewitness at the Bonny-Nembe waterside where the boat took off from in Port Harcourt revealed that there many casualties.
He stated that the wooden passenger boat was taking passengers and foodstuff to Bonny.
“The local boat that just left here to Bonny, within the Treasure Island area, a chopper or I will cal it a fighter jet helicopter, just came behind, went very low and started shooting at the wooden boat.
“From the information we got from a boat driver, there were passengers in the boat. The boat also contained foodstuff such as garri, rice and other items.
“Everyone knows that is the route transporting foodstuff to Bonny. Some people died in the boat,” the source said.
Security agents are yet to address the public on the incident. The State Police Command spokesperson, Nnamdi Omoni denied knowledge of the attack.
The Nigerian Airforce has not responded to the calls made to them.
The state Police Command spokesperson, Nnamdi Omoni, denied knowledge of the attack, while the spokesman of the Army and his counterpart in the Nigerian Air Force, Port Harcourt, did not respond to calls.