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Two dead in Kano boat accident
The Kano State Fire Service has confirmed that two persons died and another two persons survived a boat mishap at Zangon Durgu Village in Rimin Gado Local Government Area of the state.
This is contained in a statement issued to newsmen by the Public Relations Officer of the State Fire Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, on Monday in Kano.
“We received a distress call from Mr Munir Dahiru at 11:50 a.m that a canoe had capsized.
“Upon receiving the information, we quickly sent our rescue team to the scene at about 12:30 p.m. to bring out the victims’’ the statement said.
He said the mishap involved four persons — two persons –Sha’aban Bala, 35 and Rabiu Bashari, 30–died while two persons — Sani Shitu, 25, Jabir Sani, 30 — were rescued.
Abdullahi said the victims boarded the canoe from Zangon Durgu to Kanya village when the incident occurred.
“The dead victims were handed over to Shafi’u Abdullahi-Gulu the Vice-Chairman of Rimin Gado Local Government Area.
“The cause of incident is under investigation”,he said.
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