Local divers have recovered thirty bodies of victims of the boat mishap reported recently in Niger State.
Efforts are still ongoing in search of seven more remaining persons.
Sources said, the local divers have successfully rescued sixty of the boat passengers from Zumba community in Shiroro Local Government Area.
The boat was said to have capsized at Tijana community in Munya Local Government Area.
The boat was alledged to be conveying more than one hundred passengers, most of whom were women and children.
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Niger State Governor Abubakar Bello has commiserated with the families of the victims.
The boat mishap occurred on Saturday evening at Tijana community.
The Governor in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mary Berje, described the incident as an act of Allah.
Editor : Ena Agbanoma
