No fewer than 22 passengers on board a boat from Kasabu village in Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State to Yauri, Kebbi State, has capsized.
The Director-General, Niger State Emergency Management Agency, Salihu Garba, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Minna, the state capital, on Monday.
He said that the agency received a report of the boat incident that occurred on Monday between 11 a.m. and 12 p.m.
He said that search and rescue operations were ongoing by the local divers and boat owners under the supervision of the agency’s desk officer in Agwara.
He said no passenger has been recovered yet, adding that the incident happened on Yauri market day.