At least 15 people drowned in Rima,
Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto
State, when a vehicle they were traveling in
plunged into a river on Friday morning
November 7th.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN), the deceased were traveling back to
their hometown, Dan-Wawaru, from
Takakume, a village near Rima, when the
accident occurred.
Spokesman of the Sokoto Police Command,
Al-Mustapha Sani, said the vehicle was
conveying 17 persons at the time of the
accident and that only two survived. He said
the cause of the accident had not been
ascertained, and that the remains of the
deceased had been evacuated and have
since been buried by their respective families
according to Islamic rites.
Source: NAN
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