10 Killed In Sokoto Boat Accident

The constabulary successful Sokoto person confirmed that 10 radical mislaid their lives successful a vessel mishap successful the Sabon Birni Local Government Area of the state.

The victims were said to beryllium fleeing from an impending onslaught by bandits successful Zalla Bango, a distant colony successful the council, erstwhile the incidental occurred.

Though officials of the nationalist and authorities exigency absorption agencies person yet to remark connected the accident, the spokesperson of Sokoto State Police Command, DSP Ahmed Rufai, confirmed that the residents drowned.

Rufai stated that the 10 corpses of the victims were recovered and buried successful accordance with Islamic rites past Friday.

“The incidental happened erstwhile the villagers were trying to flight bandits. Unfortunately, each 10 passengers connected committee drowned and their corpses person been recovered and buried accordingly,” helium stated.

The Chairman of Sabon Birni Local Government Area, Alhaji Ayuba Hashimu, said efforts were ongoing to find the nonstop fig of victims.

Hashimu, who visited the scene, explained that the mishap happened arsenic villagers frantically tried to transverse the stream to evade different question of attacks.

“The vessel deed the borderline of a collapsed culvert, which led to its breaking and eventual sinking. We are doing everything imaginable to rescue survivors and retrieve bodies of the deceased,” helium said earlier.

Meanwhile, the constabulary person confirmed that an onslaught by the Lakurawa terrorists on
Santana colony successful the Tangaza Local Government Area of the authorities resulted successful the sidesplitting of a 47-year-old Village head, Murtala Sa’adu, and his neighbour, Ibrahim Maikudi.

Boat accidents person been a lingering interest successful Sokoto. In August, the assemblage of a 29-year-old was discovered aft a vessel mishap successful the Shagari Local Government Area of the state, leaving galore passengers feared missing.

In the aforesaid month, six radical died, and 3 others were missing aft a vessel capsized successful Garin Faji, Sabon Birni.

The calamity occurred arsenic residents attempted to fly an onslaught by suspected bandits.

Nineteen others were rescued. Source: Channels TV