No fewer than 50 persons, including children and youths, may have been killed in a boat mishap in Niger State.
The incident said to have occurred in the early hours of Sunday was due to a heavy rainfall in the morning while the victims were in a boat sailing.
It was gathered more than 60 of them were said to be in the canoe, going to Zumba market in Shiroro Local Government Area of the state, when the accident occurred.
However, the tide of the water, according to reports, became too much for the boat conveying them, leading to it capsizing at Kiri village in Munya Local Government area of the state.
Details were still sketchy at the time of filing this report.
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