On Sunday evening, Ibrahim Hussaini, a spokesman for NSEMA, said that 26 people managed to save, mainly women and children, but the search and the number of victims may continue to increase. – We are working on finding and saving missing passengers – assured the missing family gathered on the banks of the river. He added that the search is difficult because the region is controlled by armed bandits.
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The accident occurred on a huge backwaters of the caduna river, at the height of Shiroro, when a ship with about 100 people on board hit the immersed trunk of a tree.
There is a rainy season in Nigeria, during which there are often accidents of Łódź, especially on rivers and lakes, which are important transport routes for rural communities. In May 2021, over 70 passengers, mainly women and children, died in Warrah when the overloaded boat fell on the Niger River in the western part of the country. In December 2022, another disaster occurred in the Mokwa region, in which over 100 people were killed, flowing for the wedding. In September last year, a boat transporting farmers fell on the river in the northwestern state of Zamfar, depriving at least 40 people.
