No fewer than four persons have been confirmed dead following a boat mishap that occurred at Dundaye community in Wamakko Local Government Area, LGA of Sokoto State.
It was gathered that the unfortunate incident happened on Sunday.
The Head of the Sokoto Field Operation Office of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Alhaji Aliyu Kafindangi, confirmed the incident to NAN on Tuesday in Sokoto.
He explained that a combined rescue team from NEMA, State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, the Nigerian Red Cross, Fire Services and local divers recovered the dead bodies on Monday.
He noted that 19 out of the 24 persons involved in the incident were rescued by the team.
“Based on the investigation, 24 persons were involved in the incident but 19 of them have been rescued.
“One dead body was recovered on Sunday and yesterday we recovered an additional three, bringing the number of deaths to four.
“One person is still missing, but search and rescue is still ongoing,” he said.