The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Defence and Deputy Chairman, Senator Aliyu Wamakko, has described the deaths of the 13 persons as a result of a boat mishap, in Doruwa village, Shagari Local Government of Sokoto State, as very shocking and saddening.
Tribune Online recalled that the boat conveying the deceased persons, including women, children and the elderly, was said to be travelling from Doruwa to Ginga, Shagari Local Government, Thursday evening, when it was said to have capsized.
The thirteen recovered dead bodies had been buried on the same day, according to Islamic rites.
The search for other victims, dead or alive, was said to be still in progress.
Wamakko, a former Governor of the state, in a statement signed by his special assistant on media and publicity, Bashir Rabe Mani, while reacting to the sad development, said he was shocked on receiving the news of the unfortunate tragedy.
He further lamented that the mishap occurred barely nine days after the deaths of over one hundred persons in a similar tragedy in Warrah, Warrah Local Government Area of Kebbi State.
He prayed the Almighty Allah to grant the deceased persons Aljannat Firdaus, as well as give the bereaved families, people and Governments of Shagari Local and Sokoto State, the formidable fortitude to bear the irreparable losses.
Wamakko also prayed to Almighty Allah to prevent the recurrence of such tragedies in the area, Sokoto State and other parts of the country.
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