ABUJA – At least ten people died in Nigeria in the capsizing of a boat carrying 35 passengers headed for Port Harcourt, in the Niger Delta. Relief and local government sources reported. “We can confirm that ten people died when a boat carrying passengers headed for Port Harcourt sank”, explained Onimode Bandele, coordinator of Nema (agency for the management of the national emergency), “the reliefs go ahead and the agency is working together with other security bodies and agencies “.

The president of the local government council of Bonny, Adonye Wilcox, confirmed the incident, making it clear that it occurred at 7.45 am. “The available information indicates that the boat hit an object and sank,” he explained, “the divers rescued seventeen people, while another ten died as a result of the accident.”