At least 15 people drowned in Rima, Goronyo Local Government Area of
Sokoto State, when a vehicle they were traveling in plunged into a river
on Friday morning November 7th.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the deceased were
traveling back to their hometown, Dan-Wawaru, from Takakume, a village
near Rima, when the accident occurred.
Spokesman of the Sokoto Police Command, Al-Mustapha Sani, said the
vehicle was conveying 17 persons at the time of the accident and that
only two survived.
He said the cause of the accident had not been ascertained, and that the
remains of the deceased had been evacuated and have since been buried
by their respective families according to Islamic rites.
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