14 people have been confirmed dead after an overloaded passenger vessel capsized in the Shagari Local Government Area of Sokoto State.
A local official told AFP that the victims, 11 men and three women, were travelling for maulud celebration marking the birth of Prophet Mohammed (SAW) on Tuesday when the accident happened. He said 10 other passengers were rescued by local divers.
“We recovered the bodies of the 14 victims and buried them yesterday (Wednesday),” the administrator of Shagari district, Alyu Abubakar Dantani said.