at least 29 peopleincluding five childrenHe died after a boat capsized in Nigeria’s Sokoto State in North West of Residents of the country and the state governor said Wednesday.
The boat was carrying 35 peopleespecially women across the dam in my local job government area when it sank. Divers were rescued six people said Governor Aminu Tambol.
Burials have taken place for The dead in largely Muslim country.
capsize boats common on Nigerian waterways due to overcrowding and lack of maintenanceespecially in Annual rainy season.
In May 2021, a boat carrying an overload of about 200 passengers sank in Niger River in Northwest State of Kibe.
The boat left from Central Niger state and sank on its way to Kébé, Abdoulaye Buhari Wara administratively head of Nagasaki neighborhood said.
