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Authorities have said rescuers in Northern Nigeria are looking for more than 40 missing passengers after a boat accident in Sokota.
The National Emergency Agency (NEMA) said the boat was transporting more than 50 people to the local market when it overturned in the Haronio River on Sunday.
Sokota’s official told BBC that four people were found alive. NEMA stated that “strengthening efforts with the local authorities to find (those) is still missing.”
Boat accidents regularly occur in Nigeria because of overpopulation, poorly supported boats and failure to comply with safety rules.
In December 2024, From the Niger River was extracted 54 bodies After a boat, which may take over 200 passengers.
It was the third incident of the passenger boat that descended over the 60-day period.
A month earlier in November 2024, a wooden canoe with a dugout, stuffed with nearly 300 passengers, overturned and dropped in the middle of Niger, killing nearly 200 people.
In another accident that attracted a lot of attention, Two years ago drowned over 100 people in the southwestern part of the country.
The vessel in which they were located was transported about 300 passengers traveling from Kwar to Niger after a wedding celebration.
According to the rules, all passengers should wear rescue vests, but they are not always available, especially in rural areas.
