13 died in boat mishap, tanker fire in Niger‎

Niger State Gov. Sanni Bello
Niger State Gov. Sanni Bello

13 died in boat mishap, tanker fire in Niger‎

Olabode Adaramola

Tragedy struck on Saturday in Niger state as Seven people, including four Women and three children drowned, when the boat in which they were travelling in capsized on River Gbako in Katcha local government of the state.

In a related development, National Wire learnt that six people also died when a fuel laden tanker caused multiple accident in Mokwa town, Mokwa local government of the state last Friday.

Ten passengers were said to be on board he capsized boat and they were all females from Balsa community, who were heading to a farm across the river to trash rice when the accident occurred at about 11 am on Saturday.

Three of them according to officials of the Niger state Emergency Management Agency, were said to have been rescued by local divers.

The owner of the farm, one Yabagi, (aka Government) allegedly lost a wife, a daughter and granddaughter in the unfortunate Boat mishap .

Gbako river bothers Katcha and Lavun local governments of the state.

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The Director General of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), Mallam Ahmed Ibrahim Inga, who confirmed the incident to our reporter, said local current was always strong in the morning, especially when travellers in the waterway were moving against the tide, resulting in accident this time of the year.

Similarly, in the Fuel Tanker fire incident, according to witnesses accounts , two petrol tankers were travelling together but that the driver of the one at the back lost control due to break failure .

The source further disclosed that the ill-fated Fuel Laden Tanker rammed into the one in its front, causing the Truck to veer off the road and rammed against the wall of a guest house in the town.

The source, one Abdulmalik Hussaini, who spoke to National Wire on Telephone, said the tanker with the failed break also hit another one parked, loaded with the product by the side of the road, causing an explosion and fire at the same time.

The incident was also said to have left Six people dead as many suffered varying degrees of injuries, while two people were in critical condition at an undisclosed public hospital in the state .

The NSEMA, Boss, Mallam Ahmed Ibrahim Inga, who confirmed the incident, said 12 shops along the road were completely burnt.

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