Joseph Blankson
8 Aug 2018
The Rivers State government has opened an endowment fund for the two kids of Joseph Blankson who saved 13 people in a boat accident. A boat Joseph had been riding in had capsized and one by one he saved 13 passengers, pulling them ashore.
7 Aug 2018
A Nigerian contractor, Joseph Blankson, lost his life trying to save his co-passengers from a boat mishap. In what has been described as a heroic act, the River State police command spokesman, Nnamdi Omoni, said the 38-year-old had rescued 13 people and was on the 14th one before he died from exhaustion. The senate president,…
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