Nigeria boat disaster kills 29, mostly children

ABUJA, 02 December 2021, (TON): A rescue agency spokesman said “an overloaded boat carrying dozens of passengers, mostly children aged eight to 15, capsized late in northwest Nigeria’s Kano state.”

Saminu Abdullahi, spokesman for Kano state’s fire service, told media “we have recovered 29 bodies and rescued seven passengers. The search for the remaining 13 bodies is ongoing.”

Abdullahi said “the boat was meant to ferry 12 adults but the skipper packed such a number of children onboard.”

Boat accidents are tragically common on Nigerian waterways mostly due to overcrowding, bad weather and lack of maintenance.

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