No fewer than 30 persons were feared dead in a boat accident which occurred at River Buruku in Buruku Local Government Area of Benue State.
According to a source, the passengers, who were being conveyed in a boat across River Buruku around 9:00 p.m. on Thursday, died when the boat capsized at the middle of the river.
It was gathered from Buruku that the victims of the boat tragedy were fun seekers who had gone for a picnic across the river and were returning to their homes.
The source revealed that the young man who was driving the boat had earlier complained that the boat was over-loaded, of which the victims refused to heed the warning even as they urged him to go ahead.
“Sadly, as they got to the middle of the river, the boat capsized, throwing all passengers on board into the river. About 30 persons were missing of which only six bodies had been recovered on Friday morning,” the source said.
Rescue operation was still on at the time of filing this report, even as members of families of victims from both Buruku and Logo local government areas besieged the area wailing while others were making frantic efforts to recover the bodies of their families.
Saturday 28 December 2013
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