A boat capsize on Shagari River of Shagari local government of Sokoto state, has claimed lives of 29 persons while the search of others is on.
The incident occurred Tuesday evening, the chairman of the local government council, Aliyu Dantani told ASHENEWS in a telephone conversation on Wednesday.
According to him, although the total number of passengers in the boat was not known, 29 corpses of the drowned persons, including five children had so far been recovered.
He added that officials of the local government and members of the communities were dispersed in search of the missing persons as well as rescue of others.
“We have recovered 29 people so far. 23 of them are females while six are males. They are all young people. At this moment we are talking, they have been lined up for burial.
“We have also despatched local drivers within the community to search for possible bodies of some other people who may have died. They will also rescue other people,” Dantani told ASHENEWS.
