Boat Mishap: Over 100 Persons Lost Their Lives in River Niger
About 100 persons returning from a wedding in Egbu village, Pategi LGA in Kwara state to Niger state were drowned in a boat mishap.
It was learned that the boat was overloaded with over 100 passengers and with none wearing a life jacket and not minding the consequence of such behavior by the ferrymen, all the passengers meet their end. The victims large numbers of them were women and children returning to their village, Egboti, in neighbouring Niger state from across the Egbu village in Kwara to meet their ill-fate.