One week after scores of people died in a boat mishap in Niger State, another boat accident has occurred in the state causing the death of at least 18 people.
The Niger Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) said 18 persons died in the boat mishap which occurred on Thursday on River Niger at Kokoli Village, Agwarra Local Government Area of Niger.
Mohammed Shaba, the Special Adviser to Governor Babangida Aliyu in charge of NSEMA, made this known to News Agency of Nigeria in a telephone interview in Minna on Saturday.
Mr. Shaba said that the boat was conveying 80 traders and their children to Kokoli Village after the weekly Thursday market in Ulakami Village when the accident occurred around 4 p.m.
“The boat reportedly broke into two parts at the middle of the river and the boat, with all the passengers and its driver, sank.
“The most touching aspect of the tragic story was that a family lost six daughters in the accident.Any source
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