No fewer than 150 Mawlid celebrants have been reported missing when a boat with 300 people on board capsized at Gbajibo in Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State.
Daily Trust gathered that the victims, mostly women and children, left Mundi Community for Gbajibo to mark Mawlid when the boat capsized midway on Tuesday.
on river Niger upstream Jebba dam, at Gbajibo Community in Mokwa LGA.
The boat was sailing from Mundi Community with a population of almost 300 passengers comprising mostly women and children for Mawlid celebration at Gbajibo.
Arah said over 150 persons had been rescued alive, saying that search and rescue operation was still ongoing to rescue more victims...
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