By HARUNA AHMED, Dutse –
Two boys have been confirmed dead in a boat mishap that occurred at River Miga in Miga Local Government Area of Jigawa State.
Seven others were rescued from the boat mishap that occurred on Sunday, 28 August.
The Jigawa State Police spokesman, Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Wednesday in Dutse.
Shiisu said the deceased, aged 12 and 14, lost their lives after the canoe carrying nine of them capsized on Saturday, at about 9 p.m.
He said that the incident occurred when the deceased, along with seven others, returned from a farm in Galauchime and Sansani villages.
The PPRO, however, said that three of the seven of the passengers were rescued.
“On Sunday, at about 10 a.m., information from a reliable source revealed that on Saturday, at about 9 p.m., nine farmers were returning from their farms in Galauchime village in Miga LGA of Jigawa state.
“On reaching a river, they boarded a canoe paddled by one Ado Dan Maguga to sail to Sansani.
”Unfortunately, the canoe capsized due to the rain and wind storm.
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”Seven people were rescued while the others, Imran Rabiu, aged 12 and Tasiu Rabiu, aged 14, two were not,” he said.
According to him, the corpses of the missing children were later released to their families for burial.
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