ナイジェリアで起きた難破船の事故により、 27 死亡者（数

According to the Associated Press, officials in Niger state, ナイジェリア, 現地時間29日に明らかにした。, 運ぶ船 200 コギ州からニジェール州までニジェール川に沿って移動中に人々が転覆した, その結果、少なくとも 27 死とそれ以上 100 行方不明者.

Sandra Musa, spokesperson for the emergency rescue department in Kogi state, said that as of the evening of the 29th, 27 bodies have been salvaged from the Niger River, and no survivors have been found yet. Rescue personnel are still searching for the remaining missing persons. Musa said that the bodies salvaged so far were not wearing life jackets, and the ship may not have been equipped with life jackets.

Officials from Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency said that the accident had occurred for several hours, but it was difficult to locate the location where the ship capsized. According to Agence France Presse, the water area near the incident site is as wide as 600 meters.
According to Reuters, the ship involved was mainly carrying merchants from central Kogi state who had planned to go to a weekly market in Niger state.

The Nigerian authorities have not yet confirmed the cause of the sunken ship. The Associated Press reported that due to overloading, lack of maintenance of ships, and other reasons, shipwrecks often occur on the Niger River, and the use of life jackets is not mandatory in the local area.