Tag: Joe Blankson

Buhari honours Joe Blankson, hero who drowned after rescuing 13 people from Rivers

Oct 3, 2021

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by

Femi Ajasa

in Nigeria, Top Story

President Muhamadu Buhari has bestowed a posthumous award on a hero, Joe Blankson who save 13 people from drowning but died while attempting to save more people. Blankson died on July 28, 2018, while saving others following a boat accident on the Abonnema-Bakana waterway in Rivers State. He was survived by his wife and two…