At least a hundred people have died in Nigeria after the boat they were traveling in sank niger river in the vicinity of a village located in the locality of Patigi, in the western state of Kwara.
The local authorities have detailed that the victims They were returning from a wedding on Monday. which had been held over the weekend in the neighboring state of Niger. So far fifty bodies have been found.
The regional government spokesman, Rafiu Ajakaye, conveyed the condolences of the governor of Kwara state, Abdulraman Abdulrazaqto the relatives of the victims, with the promise that they will continue with the rescue work of the rest of the bodies that are yet to be found.
Some sources maintain that the boat It carried about 300 people and that in addition to the deaths registered in the vicinity of the village of Egbu, more lifeless bodies have been found in those of Gakpan and Kpada, all of them in the aforementioned town of Patigi.
Source: Lasexta
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