Zamfara Boat Mishap: 10 Bodies Recovered, 22 Still Missing
Corpses of 10 of the victims of the boat accident that occurred on Saturday at Gummi, Gummi Local Government Area of Zamfara State have been recovered.
The bodies were said to have been recovered Tuesday night.
This is even as 22 of the passengers of the accidented boat are still missing five days after the mishap.
The state emergency agency yesterday said it had extended search efforts to neighbouring villages.
The boat capsized in the Mashayar Yan Tauri River and allegedly sank with all the passengers on board.
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The boat, said to be overloaded, collided with an oncoming empty boat that went to reduce some of its passengers to prevent it from capsizing.
Confirming the recovery, the Secretary of the Gummi Emirate Council, Alhaji Mahmud S. Fada, said the 10 bodies were buried where they were discovered.
He said the emirate had introduced a standard limit of 20 passengers per boat for operators in all the rivers across the emirate.
He said a committee had been set up to enforce the order.
“The emir has ordered that henceforth, no boat would be allowed to carry more than 20 passengers. The emirate will also source for additional boats to be distributed to all rivers within the emirate.
“Where we have three boats, four additional boats will be provided in order to ease transportation hardship faced by our people,” the secretary concluded.
