Tuesday, April 16, 2024 – Two teenage girls from the Kofa community, in Tafa Local Government Area of Niger State have died following a canoe mishap in the Kota dam.
The Commander of the Vigilante Group of
Nigeria (VGN) in Tafa, Hussaini Abubakar, who confirmed the incident to a source on Monday, April 15, 2024, said the mishap occurred around 5pm on
Saturday, after the victims, alongside two other girls, boarded a canoe to
cross to the nearby Kadau community for a Sallah visit.
Abubakar said that the two other girls and
the driver of the canoe were rescued and rushed to the hospital.
A fisherman, Abdul Gambo, said he was
repairing his canoe on the bank of the dam when he heard distress calls.
"I rushed towards them with my canoe,
and with the support of others, we were able to rescue three people before
pulling out two corpses from the water.”
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