19 Children Drown In Kwara Boat Accident

An overboard boat with passengers

Nineteen youngsters were apparently suffocated in the River Niger when a pontoon passing on them upset on Saturday in Lafiagi, Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State. 

It was assembled that they would go to a conventional wedding function in a network in Niger State. 

A source said the watercraft, passing on around 22 individuals, for the most part kids, upset while crossing the stream. 

The source said 19 kids suffocated and kicked the bucket; while two others were safeguarded. 

"As at Saturday evening, four cadavers have been recuperated from the waterway. Endeavors continued Sunday morning to guarantee that others likewise are found. 

"The two men of the Nigeria Police and the State Fire Service were there yesterday (Saturday) in the safeguard mission. Lamentably, just two of them endure," the source said. 

Alhaji Sulyman Aliyu, the Secretary of the Lafiagi Traditional Council, likewise affirmed the episode. 

Aliyu said that the quantity of the exploited people couldn't be learned yet, taking note of that there was a contention in the number. 

"Unquestionably they are up to 12. The figure is among 12 and that 19 that you said", he revealed to Daily Trust. 

The secretary likewise affirmed that four cadavers were recouped on Saturday and that endeavors to expel others would proceed with yesterday. 

The Public Relations Officer of the Kwara Police Command, DSP Ajayi Okasanmi, likewise affirmed the episode. 

He said officers of the direction and other security organizations had joined the neighborhood government board to recoup the carcasses. 

He, in any case, said that the quantity of the travelers and the exploited people couldn't yet be discovered as the recuperation practice was all the while progressing.