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30 Confirmed Dead In Niger Boat Mishap
The Niger Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) on Monday said the death toll from Sunday’s boat mishap in Mokwa Local Government Area had risen to 30 from 24.
Alhaji Garba Salihu, NSEMA’s acting Director General, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna.
He said that the agency had so far rescued 30 persons in Gbajibo area where the incident occurred.
“Yesterday, I told you that we have recovered 24 corpses, but that same day it later increased to 26 dead bodies.
” Today, we recovered four more corpses, making 30 in all,” Salihu said.
The acting director general said that 27 of the deceased were women, while three were male children.
Salihu dispelled the rumour making the rounds that 100 passengers boarded the ill-fated boat.