Six bodies have been recovered following a boat mishap in the Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State.
He said the boat, which took off from Lanchikagi village of Lavun Local Government Area of the state was heading to Gbara village.
“Nsema has received a report of a boat mishap that occurred yesterday evening around 6:30 pm at the Gbara area of Mokwa LGA. The boat which took off from Lanchikagi village of Lavun LGA was heading to Gbara village,” the statement read in part. “There were 48 passengers on board and they were said to be returning from Danchitagi village market which comes up every Friday.
“As at the time of filing this report, 37 persons survived, 6 dead bodies were recovered and 5 persons still missing. The cause of the incident was as a result of heavy downpour which was accompanied by a violent windstorm.”Get more stories like this on
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