Scores fleeing Lakurawa terrorists drown in Sokoto boat accident

File: Boat accident

Fear and grief have once again gripped Sokoto State following the death of several villagers in a boat mishap in Sabon Birni Local Government Area, as they fled for safety from a fresh wave of Lakurawa terrorists attack.

The Sokoto State Police Command on Saturday confirmed the incident.

The Police disclosed that search and rescue operations are ongoing to recover the bodies of victims still missing.

Officials, however, noted that the exact number of passengers aboard the ill-fated boat was yet to be ascertained.

According to eyewitness accounts, the victims were desperate villagers who had taken to the waterways in a frantic attempt to escape from marauding bandits.

But their overloaded boat capsized midway, plunging them into the river.

This latest mishap marks the fourth fatal boat accident in less than two months, raising alarm over the growing humanitarian toll of insecurity and unsafe water transport in the state.

Residents of Sabon Birni and neighboring communities have continued to live under siege, with criminal gangs and Lakurawa insurgents unleashing relentless assaults killing, abducting, and displacing scores of villagers. Vanguard