51 Killed In Boat Capsizing In Nigeria
Sumaira FH
Published August 21, 2026 | 05:00 AM
ABUJA, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 21st Aug, 2026)
Fifty-one people, mostly women and children, were killed on Thursday after a boat capsized in a river in Sokoto State in north-western Nigeria.
Local authorities confirmed the incident, which reports attributed to unsafe operating conditions and overloading.
Abdulkadir Yusuf, Area Manager for the National Inland Waterways Authority in Sokoto State, confirmed the accident, while media reports said the boat was carrying people travelling to farms for work in the town of Gorau in the Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State.
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