People gather around bodies of victims, which were recovered from a boat that capsized in Sokoto, during a prayer before their burial, in Nigeria, in this still image taken from a video April 13, 2022. Video taken April 13, 2022. Televison Continental/REUTERS TV via REUTERS
At least 29 people died when a boat capsized in Nigeria's Sokoto state in the northwest of the country, residents and the state governor said on Wednesday.
The boat was carrying 35 people, mostly women, across a dam in Shagari local government area when it sank. Divers managed to rescue six people, governor Aminu Tambuwal said.
Burials had been conducted for the dead in the largely Muslim state.
People carry the bodies wrapped in mats, which were recovered from a boat that capsized in Sokoto, during a prayer before their burial, in Nigeria, in this still image taken from a video April 13, 2022. Video taken April 13, 2022. Televison Continental/REUTERS TV via REUTERS
(Reporting by Ardo Hazzad in Bauchi and Tife Owolabi in Yenagoa, writing by MacDonald Dzirutwe, Editing by Himani Sarkar)
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