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BREAKING: Boat carrying over 35 passengers capsizes in Sokoto

BREAKING: Boat carrying over 35 passengers capsizes in Sokoto

A boat with over thirty-five (35) persons on board has capsized at River Rima along the Dundaye axis in Wamakko local government area, Sokoto.

It was gathered that the rescue teams had recovered one body, while fifteen survivors managed to swim safely to the shore.

According to some of the survivors and eyewitnesses, the canoe conveying the passengers overturned due to overloading.

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National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Search and Rescue Team, local divers, and others have continued in their efforts to locate the missing victims.

The passengers include the elderly, women, children, and youths who are crossing the river to their farms.

Meanwhile, the Head of Operations National Emergency Management Agency Sokoto Operations Office Aliyu Shehu Kafidangi, Special Adviser Sokoto State Emergency Management Agency Nasiru Garba, and the Red Cross have already visited the scene to profile data of the victims.

BREAKING: Boat carrying over 35 passengers capsizes in Sokoto

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