FIVE persons have been confirmed dead yesterday by the Kano State Fire Service while six others survived a boat mishap at Kanwa Dam in Madobi Local Government Area of the state.
In a telephone discussion from Kano, the service’s public relations officer, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, informed the News Agency of Nigeria that one Umar Faruk-Dalada had reported the incident, situation reports, and the location.
He said: “The incident occurred on April 22, at about 05:40 p.m.
“There are 11 persons on the boat, six were rescued alive, while five were rescued in an unconscious state.
“Names of those that lost their lives in the mishap are Abdulrazak Nabara, 40; Dalha Muktar-Atamma, 40; Mustapha Ibrahim, 45; Umar Isah, 35, and Umar Idris, 35,” he said.
The deceased, according to the PRO, were from the state’s Fagge Local Government Area in Fagge.
He confirmed that the investigations into the boat accident had begun, and that the results would be made public as soon as they were finished.
Comments are closed.