The boat was conveying 14 passengers and goods when It capsized.
Five persons are feared dead in a boat mishap on Tuesday in Mareniyo, Ardo-Kola Local government area of Taraba State, theOne of the victims is a clergy with the Christian Reformed Church in Nations , Shedrack Bako, according to a member of the church.
The boat, with 14 persons onboard, left Mareniyo on Tuesday for a village in Karim Lamido Local Government Area of the state when it capsized in the middle of the water.The source could not ascertain the cause of the accident but assumed that water wave was hard on the boat, which he said is the common cause of such disasters.He said nine of the 14 passengers were rescued but the five others were feared dead as they were yet to be found.
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