The Police in a statement signed by SP Ajayi Okasanmi Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) and made available to the press on Wednesday said
that the boat which capsized between Ebu and Dzakan village in Patigi local government area was loaded with about 250 passengers out of which 106 people died.
“The Commissioner of Police Kwara State, CP Paul Odama psc+, immediately after receiving the information dispatched a team of policemen to join the policemen and other locals already on their way to locate the exact spot the boat accident happened to join in the rescue efforts. Transition Implementation Committee Chairman of Patigi Local Government area, Alhaji Ibrahim Liman who said that the accident might have been caused by Water that leaked into the boat stated that the volume of water that entered into the boat affected its movement which made it to capsize.
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