By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo & Musa Na Annabi
A boat carrying about 34 passengers, the old day, capsized in Magana village, Shagari Native Executive Condo of Sokoto Utter killing 28 passengers.
The boat became transporting locals from neighbouring villages to necessary cities for their day-to-day actions.
The village head of Gidan-Magana, Mohammed Auwalu, acknowledged, the old day, that the boat left the village with 34 folk on board but 28 folk died when it capsized.
He acknowledged: “It came about on Wednesday morning when the boat became making an strive to snide over to a stop-by Badiyawa village. The boat hit a tree within the water and it capsized with the total passengers on the boat. Six contain been, then all over again, rescued.
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“The victims contain since been buried basically based totally on Muslim rites. The last six survivors contain been conveyed to the Overall Clinical institution in Shagari where they are within the intervening time receiving medication.”
Also confirming the accident, Director-Overall of Sokoto Utter Emergency Management Company, SEMA, Nasiru Ahamed, told Leading edge in Sokoto that they bought the bid of the boat accident in Shagari Native Executive and the agency joined forces with Federal Emergency Management Company (FEMA) to talk to the dwelling and confirm the difficulty.”
Reacting to the accident, the secretary to Shagari Native Executive Condo, Mas’oud Shagari, acknowledged over 26 our bodies contain been recovered from the river while the hunt continues for survivors and dreary our bodies.