NEMA END SERCH OF MISSING PERSONS IN SOKOTO STATE BOAT ACCIDENT

‎The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Wednesday
said that three bodies have so far been recovered from the boat accident in
Sokoto State.
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‎It said that 25 people out of the over 50 passengers of the boat had so far
been rescued.
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‎The agency, however, said that it had concluded the search and rescue
operation.
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‎NEMA’s Head of Sokoto Operation Office, Aliyu Kafindangi, disclosed this
yesterday.
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‎Kafindangi said the wooden boat was overloaded with passengers and
other items.
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‎He said the agency had always engaged the communities, the local canoe
operators, the divers, and the community leaders, youth leaders, market
and the local government and the state officials on safety on waterways.