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At least seven people have died while another seven hospitalized out of 150 boat passengers from Ngaski Local Govt Area of Kebbi State drown in the River Niger.

All the passengers on board went missing

At least seven people have been confirmed dead and seven hospitalized when a boat carrying 150 passengers from Ngaski Local Govt Area of Kebbi State who were returning from Malali Market hit a branch of tree and capsized along River Niger.

Confirming the incident, the Coordinator of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in charge of Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara State, Alhaji Sulaiman Muhammad said that efforts were on going between fishermen and the Nigerian Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) to rescue the missing passengers.

"As soon as we got hint of the mishap, we put a call to NIWA to help rescue the missing passengers".


 All the people on board were missing, but as rescue and search continue wide and deep of the river intensified, 14 people have been discovered; seven died and seven haven taking to Ngaski Hospital." he said.

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