103 Wedding Guests Die In Boat Mishap In Kwara
“Names of Survivors Will Be Made Public Soon”: Police Says as 103 Wedding Guests Die After Boat Accident
Tragedy struck in Kwara recently as 103 humans getting back from a wedding rite died after their boat capsized. The boat capsized at Egbu village, withinside the Patigi Local Government Area of the country.
According to PRISTINEGIST, the 103 victims, along with the man and his 4 kids were getting back from a wedding. The wedding rite took place at neighbouring Egboti village, Niger State. A river wave took manage of the boat, hit a tree, and resulted withinside the boat capsizing.
Sources withinside the village attributed the twist of fate to the overloading of the boat
The State Police spokesperson, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, who showed the tragic incident in a replacement delivered that the names of the survivors may be posted quickly, PRISTINEGIST reported.
He stated, “The names of survivors can be made public as quickly as they’re available.”
It became accumulated that approximately 50 our bodies of passengers were recovered from the incident
The Transition Implementation Committee Chairman, Patigi LGA, Alhaji Mohammed Ibrahim Liman, made a declaration via means of the Internet. Alhassan Bala Mohammed stated that approximately one hundred ten passengers reportedly died withinside the twist of fate.
He stated, “About one hundred ten humans died withinside the boat mishap in our area. We’re going to inform you approximately the tragedy and unforgettable reminiscence that befell my humans from our village and different neighbouring villages near us.
“Our village humans went to a marriage rite in some other village referred to as Gboti and the boat carried approximately 270 humans, and nearly a hundred and ten humans had been lost.”
