Former President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the boat mishap in Gbajibo River in Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State, extending his heartfelt sympathies to the families of the dead and the injured.
Buhari, in a release on Monday by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, noted that he joins the governments and the people of Kwara and Niger states as they continue to receive dozens of dead bodies and a hundred-plus others still unaccounted for.
It was learnt that no fewer than 60 bodies have been recovered following the disastrous sinking of the overloaded boat said to be carrying over 300 passengers a few days ago.
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In a message to the states whose citizens were mostly affected, the former president said he was extremely pained by the agonizing boat capsize and that his heart and prayers were for the repose of the dead, and the successful rescue of several dozens of mostly women and children still unaccounted for.
He said, “My thoughts are with the bereaved families. I join the prayers for the rescue of those still missing.
May Allah repose the souls of the deceased and grant our prayers for the return of those missing, alive and well, to their families.”
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