The Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), says it has recovered 24 corpses and rescued over 30 persons in a boat mishap that occurred on Sunday in Mokwa Local Government Area (LGA) of the state.

Its Acting Director-General, Alhaji Garba Salihu, revealed that over 100 persons were said to be on board the boat when the incident occurred, and the victims who are from Gbajibo, Ekwa and Yankyade communities were going to their farms at the other side of the River Niger (old gbajibo).

Meanwhile, the state governor, Alhaji Umaru Bago, has expressed shock over the incident, describing it as terrible and undesirable.

While commiserating with the families of the victims, the Governor directed the State’s Emergency Management Agency, to do the needful to ameliorate the sufferings of the people, and reiterated the importance of the use of life jackets when boarding a boat, as well as desist from overcrowding boats.