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More than 150 feared drowned after boat sinks in Nigeria
More than 150 people were feared drowned in northwest Nigeria on Wednesday after an overloaded boat ferrying passengers to a market sank in the Niger River, local officials said.
Local district administrator Abdullahi Buhari Wara earlier blamed the accident on overloading as the boat was meant to ferry no more than 80 passengers. The vessel was also loaded with bags of sand from a gold mine, he said.
According to emergency officials, the boat ferrying 100 local traders split into two after hitting a stump during a storm as they were returning from a local market.
