The Niger State Emergency Management Agency has revealed that a tree stump inside the Jabba Dam River was responsible for the boat accident which led to the death of thirty people in Niger State on Sunday.
It could be recalled that on Sunday a boat fully loaded with over one hundred persons believed to be farmers capsized in Mokwa Local Government Area, an event that left thirty dead and thirty other rescued.
The spokesman for the Niger State Emergency Management Agency, Hussain Ibrahim, disclosed the cause of the accident, noting that some trees which were cut down but not completely down while dredging the river is responsible for the accident.
Ibrahim, according to the Punch, confirmed that the rescue operation had ended and officials of the agency went round the communities to find out if there were persons who were not captured.
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