Security & Safety
ANOTHER BOAT ACCIDENT IN KWARA STATE; 27 PERSONS DROWNED
Seven months after a boat mishap claimed over 100 lives in Gbajibo community in the Kaiama local government area of Kwara state, another boat mishap incident has claimed the lives of 27 people in the area.
Waterways News gathered that passengers in the Kwara boat mishap were returning from market expedition in Niger state when the incident occurred
An eye witness and a survivor, who narrated how the incident happened, said that the incident happened on the night of Thursday 15th of May 2025, while returning from Niger state due to overloading.
The eyewitness, who could not give the exact number of passengers on the boat, said that the heavy wind that accompanied an impending rainfall was also responsible for the accident
Speaking on the development, the chairman of Kaiama local government area of Kwara State, Abdullah Danladi, who led the government delegation to commiserate with families of the victims, said the government would no longer tolerate the nearly yearly occurrence of these boat mishaps
The council boss said that the council would set up a committee to ensure usage of life jackets and outright stoppage of night travelling among other measures to check these accidents
The Emir of Kaiama community, Mallam Muazu Umar, requested that enlightenment should be intensified by the relevant authorities to ensure passengers and boat operators adhere to water traveling safety standards.