At least 40 women and children are feared dead after a canoe conveying passengers capsized in Ringim Local Government Area of Jigawa State.
The Jigawa State Police Command confirmed the incident on Monday, stating that search and rescue operations were ongoing to locate the missing passengers.
In a statement shared on its official Facebook page, the command disclosed that one body had been recovered, while efforts were underway to recover the remaining victims.
“One of the bodies was recovered. Efforts to recover the 39 are underway,” the police said.
The Director of Planning at the Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Muhammad Sanusi, also confirmed the incident, saying the victims were mostly female farmers and agricultural workers who were travelling in a canoe when the accident occurred.
