{"id":41727,"date":"2020-07-26T17:59:19","date_gmt":"2020-07-26T16:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=41727"},"modified":"2020-07-26T17:59:19","modified_gmt":"2020-07-26T16:59:19","slug":"heavy-downpour-boat-mishap-15-persons-killed-in-flood-disaster-boat-mishap-in-niger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/heavy-downpour-boat-mishap-15-persons-killed-in-flood-disaster-boat-mishap-in-niger\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy Downpour, Boat Mishap :15 Persons Killed In Flood Disaster, Boat Mishap In Niger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Olabode Adaramola<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">About 15 persons have been killed both by flood disaster and boat mishap\u00a0 at the weekend in Niger state, as several others have been declared missing , specifically in Suleja and Shiroro local government areas of the state .<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The heavy flooding incident occurred in Suleja local government area of the state on Saturday, following a heavy downpour.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Confirming the incident was the Director General of the state&#8217;s\u00a0 Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) Malam Ahmed Ibrahim\u00a0 Inga\u00a0 in a brief interview with our reporter by telephone on Saturday in Minna, the state capital .<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He said, &#8220;the rains\u00a0 which began at about 4:00am lasted till 8:00am&#8221;, adding\u00a0 that\u00a0 6 persons died at Unguwan Gwari, 3 others\u00a0 died at the\u00a0 black\u00a0 of Living Faith Church branch in Madalla area of the local government\u00a0 while another one (1 ),died at Polosa area.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He said bodies of the 10 victims\u00a0 have been recovered during a search operation conducted by staff of the agency (NSEMA) in conjunction\u00a0 with the support of some residents in the area.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In a related development, at least five persons have been killed in a boat mishap which occurred at Gurmana village in Shiroro local government area of the state .<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The DG, NSEMA, Malam\u00a0 Ahmed Inga who confirmed the incident to the Sunday tribune on Saturday, however did not give more details on the incident, but said bodies of the victims were yet to be recovered as of the time of filing this report on Saturday in the evening.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About 15 persons have been killed both by flood disaster and boat mishap\u00a0 at the weekend in Niger state, as several others have been declared missing , specifically in Suleja and Shiroro local government areas of the state .<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":8520,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-41727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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