Thirty persons have been reported to have drowned after an overloaded boat capsized in Niger state. The boat ferrying 100 local traders split into two after hitting a stump during a windstorm as they were returning from a market on Saturday, the spokesperson for Niger State emergency agency, Ibrahim Audu Hussein, confirmed to AFP. … Continue reading 30 Reported Dead In Niger Boat Accident
Thirty persons have been reported to have drowned after an overloaded boat capsized in Niger state.
“So far 30 bodies have been recovered and five are still missing,” Hussein said on the accident that occurred at Tijana village in Munya district.Heavy rains were hampering the search but divers were “braving the odds”, Husseini added. Buhari in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Garba Shehu expressed grief over the boat mishap and extended heartfelt sympathies to the families of the dead and the injured.
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