Overview

• At least ten survivors have been pulled from the water since Sunday’s capsizing of a passenger boat bound for Goronyo Market in Sokoto State.
• More than 40 passengers remain unaccounted for as NEMA’s Sokoto Operations Office leads an expanding search-and-rescue operation.
• Director General Zubaida Umar ordered immediate activation of response teams after receiving reports of the accident.
• Rescuers from NEMA, local emergency agencies and naval divers are coordinating river sweeps and shore patrols to locate missing people.
• The incident highlights chronic safety gaps on Nigeria’s inland waterways, where overcrowding and inadequate vessel maintenance frequently cause deadly accidents.