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| Eight dead and an estimated 100 people missing after the latest Nigeria boat accident |
| 2024-01-17 |
| [AFRICANEWS] Eight passengers were confirmed dead and an estimated 100 were missing after their overloaded boat capsized in north-central Nigeria, the emergency services said Tuesday. It is the latest in a series of deadly boat accidents that increasingly point to regulatory failures. The passengers were being conveyed from Niger state's Borgu district to a market in the neighbouring Kebbi state on Monday afternoon when the boat overturned in the Niger River, according to Niger State Emergency Management Agency front man Ibrahim Audu. "The boat was overloaded so the strong wind affected them," Audu said. He said the boat's capacity is 100 passengers but it was estimated to be carrying a much higher number, in addition to bags of grain, making it difficult to control when it began to sink. Hank Johnson nods in an "I tol' you so about Guam" Villagers were helping local divers and emergency officials to search for the missing passengers, many of whom were women, Audu said. He could not say how many people had survived. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Who knew the hippo was migratory! |
| Posted by: SteveS 2024-01-17 22:21 |
| #3 :-D |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2024-01-17 21:40 |
| #2 Speaking of hippos, and stuff a click away from other stuff... The Tale of Huberta the Hippo "Too short, sir!" - a literate gippo KwaZulu-Natal To East Cape, loved by all Save some farmers. ["Just looking for lipo."] |
| Posted by: Zebulon Ebbelet2793 2024-01-17 21:09 |
| #1 He could not say how many people had survived. As some were taken by crocodiles and hippos. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-01-17 10:28 |