- The incident happened at Dundaye community in Wamakko Local Government Area (LGA) of the State.
Four persons have lost their lives in a boat mishap in Nigeria’s north-west State of Sokoto.
The incident happened at Dundaye community in Wamakko Local Government Area (LGA) of the State.
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Sokoto.
Alhaji Aliyu Kafindangi, Head, Sokoto Field Operation Office of NEMA said that the incident occurred on Sunday evening.
He explained that a combined rescue team from NEMA, Nigerian Red Cross, Fire Services and State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) and local divers recovered the dead bodies on Monday.
”Based on investigation, 24 persons were involved in the incident, but 19 of them have been rescued.
”One dead body was recovered on Sunday and yesterday we recovered additional three, bringing the number of deaths to four.
”One person is still missing, but search and rescue is still ongoing,” he said.
The NEMA official thanked the state and local governments and members of the community for their support so far towards the success of the rescue operations. (NAN)
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