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TUNDE BOLAJI – MINNA.
A boat conveying people of Ashaitu village under Guni Ward, Munya Local Government of Niger State capsized two days ago.
According to source it was revealed that the people were fleeing from bandits attack and scampering for safety to Chiri Village under Shiroro Local Government.
A reports from the locals, indicated that the boat was overloaded because everyone wanted to run even though they do not know where they were going to.
At a time when they were sailing through Guni river to crossover to Chiri, the sailor discovered that the boat had shown propensity of capsizing and therefore off-loaded the boat in a near by hinterland where they could hide from the terrorists temporarily.
But the terrorists could not let them even when they had flown their homes for them.
The terrorists kept shooting and heading towards their direction which forced the victims to risk sailing the boat despite its likelihood of failing. It was few minutes after taken this decision between the devil and deep blue sea, that the boat capsized and they all lost their lives.
The total number of people in the boat is still not clear but as at the time of this report, twelve (12) bodies have been recovered according to the Spokesperson of Coalition of Shiroro Associations, Mammam Salis M. Sabo during an interview .
