2023-11-01 19:17:28
More than 70 people have been missing in Nigeria since Saturday, when a boat carrying local traders sank in a river in the northeast of the country.
More than 70 people still missing in Nigeria since Saturday, following the sinking of a boat. Fourteen passengers were rescued, 17 bodies were recovered and 70 people are still missing in Taraba State.
According to officials from the Nigerian Emergency Management Agency (Nema), this boat was carrying around a hundred people, including traders and children. It capsized while its passengers were on their way to a market in the village of Mayo Ranewa, in the Karim Lamido district.
A local marine police unit is carrying out a delicate rescue operation in the river waters of this Karim Lado district of Taraba State. Among the rescuers, fishermen from communities living on the banks of the river where the accident took place are active. Research is difficult.
According to Bashir Garga, from the Taraba State Nema, the number of passengers boarding the boat is uncertain. And still according to this official of this federal emergency management agency, this sinking could be due to an overload of the boat. A hypothesis to be confirmed or not by the current investigation.
In early October, 40 people were reported missing and presumed dead after another boat sank in Kebbi state in northwest Nigeria. Last month, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ordered a “thorough and comprehensive” investigation into the surge in fatal incidents involving boats across the country.
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