อุบัติเหตุเรืออับปางในประเทศไนจีเรียส่งผลให้ 27 ผู้เสียชีวิต

According to the Associated Press, officials in Niger state, ไนจีเรีย, กล่าวว่าเมื่อวันที่ 29 ตามเวลาท้องถิ่น, เรือบรรทุกไปมา 200 ผู้คนล่มขณะเดินทางไปตามแม่น้ำไนเจอร์จากรัฐโคกีไปยังรัฐไนเจอร์, ส่งผลให้อย่างน้อยที่สุด 27 ความตายและมากกว่า 100 บุคคลที่สูญหาย.

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.