The incident, which occurred late Tuesday night, involved a Savvy Marine passenger boat at approximately 8:35 p.m, along the axis on that fateful day.
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NIWA Area Manager in Sokoto, Bala Bello, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Sokoto that six persons died, 19 survivors were rescued while three people were still missing in the fresh accident
The accident occurred on Tuesday evening when a speedboat collided with a fishing boat, leading to the death of two women on board.
According to the Command, a preliminary investigation revealed that the canoe capsize was due to powerful waves and overloading to the point where the operator could no longer control the canoe.
Malam Habibu Wushishi, the Director of Media and Strategy, Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management in the state, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Minna
At least 106 persons, mostly from Patigi communities, have been confirmed killed while 144 survived in the accident, according to local authorities.
The boat accident occurred on Friday at about 6:30 p.m.
Reacting to the incident through his media office in Abuja, the former Vice President expressed sadness over the tragedy involving some adults and pupils of Madinatu Islamiya School from Badau village who were on their way to take part in Maulud celebration marking the birthday of Prophet Mohammed (SAW).
The Director General of the State Emergency Management Agency, Alhaji Ahmed Inga confirmed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Sunday.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the incident occurred on December 4 when one of the speed boats conveying 11 police personnel from Yenagoa to Southern Ijaw capsized at Oporoma.
The sad incident occurred while the former national athlete was test running his Laser boat at the club’s waterfront in Navy Town, Ojo, Lagos.
The General Manager of LASWA, Oluwadamilola Emmanuel, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos.
The General Manager, Lagos State Waterways Authority, Oluwadamilola Emmanuel, confirmed that the accident happened at Owode/Ibeshe near Ikorodu at about 8pm on Friday.
The Lagos State Waterways Authority says three people have been confirmed dead while two others are still missing in a boat accident that occurred at Irewe community in Ojo, near Lagos, late on Tuesday.
No fewer than five people died on Wednesday in a boat accident in the Ikorodu Area of Lagos State.
The survey also revealed that 47 people were rescued, while some unspecified number of persons got missing.
He told the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday that boat operators held the belief that they would never die in river because they inherited the business from their ancestors.
Badmos said: “At about 8: 30 pm on December 7, a canoe with passengers that took off from Pathfinder Jetty on Badagry Marina heading to Gberefu Beach collided with another fibre boat coming from Iyafin area in Badagry
According to the statement, four other passengers of the ill-fated boat survived with minor injuries
Police at the port also confirmed a Tunisian and a Syrian man who were among the survivors had been taken into custody over suspicions they were members of a smuggling gang thought to have organised the fatal voyagese