Over 40 Dead In Sokoto Boat Tragedy

More than 40 persons died and over 10 others were rescued in a boat accident at Gorau community on the Goronyo River in Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State.
While the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) confirmed the accident on Thursday and put the number of fatalities at 41, the Sokoto State Police Command gave the number of casualties as 46.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Sokoto State Command, DSP Ahmed Rufai, said that “out of 77 persons on board, seven persons were rescued alive, 46 dead bodies recovered while 24 persons declared missing.”
The NIWA area manager in Sokoto, Mr Abdulkadir Yusuf, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the boat was carryin...