A boat carrying more than 100 passengers capsized in the Benue River on Saturday.
The passengers, including traders, women, and children, were en route to Binnari town in the Karim-Lamido local government area of Taraba State.
According to Daily Trust, most of the passengers were returning from the Mayoreneyo fish market in Ardo-Kola LGA.
The publication said that the boat left Mayoreneyo local jetty at about 3.30pm and capsized 40 minutes later, according to sources.
A resident of Mayoreneyo, Musa Mayoreneyo, said that the ill-fated boat had earlier conveyed the passengers from Binnari to Mayoreneyo.
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In a telephone interview, a resident of Binnari, said, “As l am talking to you now, only bodies of two persons were recovered by local divers.”
A source at the Mayoreneyo local jetty told our reporter that none of the passengers had life jacket when the incident occurred.
Acting chairman of inland water transporters in Taraba state, Jidda Mayoreneyo, said that about 15 bodies were recovered close to the scene.
Confirming the incident, Chairman, caretaker committee of Ardo-Kola, Alhaji Dalhatu Kawu, described it as tragic.