Share on Twitter
More than 150 people were missing and feared drowned in northwest Nigeria on Wednesday after an overloaded boat ferrying passengers to a market sank in the Niger River, local officials said.
The boat was travelling between central Niger state and Wara in northwest Kebbi state when it went down, National Inland Waterways Authority local manager Yusuf Birma told reporters. The boat capacity was not up to the 180 passengers it carried, Mr Birma said. As we speak, only 20 people have been rescued alive, four dead confirmed while the remaining 156 people are still missing and they are believed to be underwater.
The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has declared 156 persons missing in the boat mishap which occurred in Kebi State on Wednesday. Mr Yusuf Birma, NIWA area manager in Yauri Kebbi State, disclosed this, adding that the accident was caused by overloading. Many feared dead as boat with 160 passengers capsizes in Kebbi Okowa: Nigeria […]
More than 150 people were missing and feared drowned in northwest Nigeria on Wednesday after an overloaded boat ferrying passengers to a market broke apart and sank, local officials said. AFP 3 days ago AFP
More than 150 people were missing and feared drowned in northwest Nigeria on Wednesday after an overloaded boat ferrying passengers to a market broke apart and sank, local officials said.
The river boat was travelling between Niger State and Kebbi state when it went down, National Inland Waterways Authority local manager Yusuf Birma told reporters. The boat capacity was not up to the 180 passengers it carried, Birma said. As we speak, only 20 people have been rescued alive, four dead confirmed while the remaining 156 people are still missing and they are believed to be underwater.