Sokoto: 26 Died As Boat Capsizes In Shagari Local Government

• 26 Died as Boat Capsizes in Shagari local govt, Sokoto

• …26 recovered corpses, 21 were women while five were children, adding that a search and rescue mission was ongoing

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that twenty-six persons have been confirmed dead while the search continues following a boat mishap on the Shagari River in the Shagari local government area of Sokoto state.

Chairman of the Shagari Council area, Alhaji Aliyu Dantani, who disclosed the accident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday, in Sokoto, said the incident occurred on 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.

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

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