Nigerian boat capsizes on return from a wedding event in Kwara State, killing over 100 passengers.
According to investigators, many of the deceased drowned because the tragedy occurred around 3 a.m. and many people were unaware of it until hours later.
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Police and local residents claimed Tuesday that a boat carrying residents returning from a wedding collapsed in northern Nigeria, killing about 100 people, as the search for survivors escalated.
According to police spokesman Okasanmi Ajayi, the Nigerian boat capsized early Tuesday Morning on the Niger River in the state of Kwara, near to neighboring Niger state. What we gathered was that there was a boat that capsized, and about 100 people died.
The fatalities, who included women and children, were coming from an overnight wedding celebration in the Niger state town of Egboti, said Usman Ibrahim, a local. It was unclear whether there were any survivors.
After disembarking, passengers were to ride their bikes to their respective communities. The boat was carrying over 100 people when it sank,” Ibrahim explained.
Many of the deceased drowned since the tragedy occurred at 3 a.m. and many people were unaware of it until hours later, he said. “Some dead bodies are still being searched for up to this point.
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Officials and villagers were still searching for more victims in the river, which is one of Nigeria’s largest, as of Tuesday afternoon. Boat accidents are widespread in many isolated villages around Nigeria, where locally manufactured watercraft are commonly utilized for transportation.
The majority of accidents are caused by overloading and the use of poorly maintained boats
