Overloaded boat capsizes in Nigeria, 40 bodies of children recovered
At least 40 bodies, mostly of children, have been recovered after an overloaded boat capsized in Nigeria’s northwest Sokoto state, local officials and residents said on Thursday.
In January, at least 25 people died when a leaking boat capsized in Yobe state, northeast Nigeria.
One local resident said the boat had been carrying farm owners and labourers hired to harvest rice and that more than 70 people had been onboard when it capsized.
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