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KANO, Nigeria – Twenty-one people are missing, fearing death after their boat capsized in northern Nigeria, emergency services and rescue workers said on Tuesday
] which carried 30 traders and their goods. wind on a river in Isa district, in northwestern Sokoto state, during a heavy downpour on Saturday
Eight pbadengers were saved and the body died. one of the pbadengers was found, Suleiman Karim, of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), READ: Six children die in a boat accident in Nigeria: emergency services
"The The boat was overloaded with goods and pbadengers, "he added, adding that relief operations were hampered by strong currents.
A local rescuer and diver involved in the search said the 21 pbadengers were dead.
"We may soon stop the search because it is obvious that people must be drowned," said the diver. , who
Last September, 56 people drowned after an overloaded boat carrying more than 100 traders. Niger capsized in the Bagudu region in Kebbi State, also in northwestern Nigeria.
AFP
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