KANO, Nigeria — Thirteen people died in northwest Nigeria’s Sokoto state when a boat ferrying wedding guests capsized, officials said, a week after 150 people went missing in another boat accident.
The boat was conveying 18 people returning from a wedding in Shagari district when it overturned on Friday.
“Thirteen people traveling from Dorowa to Ginga village died in the boat mishap,” Sokoto state government spokesman Muhammad Bello said.
The passengers were all members of the same family heading home after attending the wedding ceremony, local lawmaker Maidawa Kajiji said.
“It was a small boat loaded with 18 passengers but only five survived and were rescued,” Kajiji sa…
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