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Sokoto: 26 die as boat capsizes

Agency Report
Agency Report
Boat mishap with 100 passengers on board in Niger –NSEMA
Capsized boat

Twenty six persons have been confirmed dead while search continues following a boat capsize on Shagari River in Shagari local government area of Sokoto State.

The chairman of Shagari council area, Alhaji Aliyu Dantani, who disclosed  the accident to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, on Wednesday, in Sokoto, said it occurred Tuesday evening.

Dantani said of the 26 recovered corpses, 21 were women while five were children, adding that a search and rescue mission was ongoing.

The council boss, however, said the actual number of passengers in the boat could not be immediately ascertained.

According to him, local divers were currently in the river to see how to either recover bodies or rescue survivors.

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