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52 Buried After Overloaded Farm Boat Capsizes Near Gorau in Sokoto
At least 52 farm workers, mostly children, were buried after an overloaded boat capsized near Gorau, Sokoto, with officials still unable to reconcile who was aboard.
Tulichojua kwanza
- At least 52 bodies were buried after the Gorau capsize.
- NIWA counted about 82 aboard, with 41 dead and 11 rescued.
- Most of the dead were children aged 10 to 15.
- Authorities were still reconciling passenger and missing figures on 21 August.
Ambacho hakikuwa wazi wakati huo
- No verified rated capacity, cause finding, or comprehensive federal toll.
- No confirmed departure point beyond Gorau area or formal river coordinates.
Tulichosema tungefuatilia
- Whether reconciled passenger, survivor, and missing lists are published.
- Whether any inspection, enforcement, or farm-ferry safety action follows.
