47 dead as boat capsizes in Sokoto
Officials have told the Associated Press that 47 people died when a boat capsized in a river in Sokoto State on Thursday.
The boat was carrying people who were heading to farms for work in Gorau town in the Goronyo local government area of the state.
Another resident, Aminu Dan Hajiya, said he goes to his farm using the same waterway and he considers himself lucky to not have been on the boat.
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