About 134 persons have been declared missing, and 16 corpses recovered after a boat capsized at Gbajibo in Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State.
The accident reportedly occurred at about 8.
30 p.m.
on Tuesday while the boat sailed from Mundi with about 300 people on board.
He said the prompt response of the community volunteers helped in rescuing over 150 persons, adding that a search and rescue operation was ongoing to locate more survivors.
SUPPORT NOW x Do this laterSources said the passengers were going for Maulud from New Gbajiko in Kwara State.
Meanwhile, PREMIUM TIMES reported that earlier the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) announced the rescue of about 100 victims of the boat mishap.
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