A boat carrying over 200 passengers capsized earlier today, Nov. 29, along the Dambo-Ebuchi sections of River Niger, resulting in the loss of multiple lives.
According to eyewitnesses, the boat, which belonged to one Musa Dangana, was carrying over 200 passengers, including market women and farm labourers, en route to the Katcha weekly market in Niger State.
It reportedly threw all passengers om board into the water when it capsized.
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