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Nigeria search for survivors as boat disaster death toll hits 106

by Agence France-Presse - AFP

Kano, Nigeria Jun 14, 2023 - 2:00 pm GMT+3
The boat, carrying around 250 passengers traveling from a wedding, capsized in the early hours of Monday in north-central Kwara state.
The boat, carrying around 250 passengers traveling from a wedding, capsized in the early hours of Monday in north-central Kwara state.
by Agence France-Presse - AFP Jun 14, 2023 2:00 pm

Search and rescue teams continued to search for survivors as the death toll from a Nigeria riverboat disaster climbed to 106 on Wednesday.

The boat, carrying around 250 passengers traveling from a wedding, capsized in the early hours of Monday in north-central Kwara state.

The accident was the latest boat tragedy in Nigeria, where river capsizes are common due to overloading, poor safety and heavy flooding in the rainy season.

"One part of the boat by the engine side collapsed where water penetrated the boat, which ultimately led to the boat capsizing," Kwara police spokesperson Okasanmi Ajayi said in a statement.

"All efforts to draw the attention of the villagers hosting the wedding ceremony for assistance by the persons in the boat proved abortive, leading to the deaths of about one hundred and six people."

On Tuesday, 103 people had been reported dead. More than half of the victims were from one village.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu offered his condolences to the families of the victims Wednesday and said his government would look to improve inland water transport safety.

"I am deeply saddened by the news of the tragic boat accident that claimed the lives of our people in Kwara State. That the victims were guests at a wedding ceremony made the unfortunate accident more painful," he said in a statement.

The Kwara State governor's office said the victims had been returning from a wedding ceremony in Kwara's Patigi district.

River travel is a popular form of transport in Nigeria, but accidents are also unfortunately common.

Last month, 15 children drowned and two dozen others went missing after their overloaded boat capsized in northwest Sokoto State as they collected firewood.

Almost a year earlier, another 29 children from a nearby village drowned in the same river as they were also on a trip to gather firewood for their families.

During huge flooding in the rainy season last December, at least 76 people drowned when their boat sank in a swollen river in southeastern Anambra State.

Nigeria's waterways authority has tried in the past to prohibit night-time sailing on rivers to prevent accidents and says overloading vessels is a crime, but crews often break regulations.

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