At least one person is dead and another injured in a latest boat mishap in Niger State.
The incident happened at Nansa village in Shiroro Local Government Area of the state.
This was disclosed by the Director General of the state Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), Alhaji Ahmed Inga, in an interview in Minna on Saturday.
He said the agency on Saturday received a report of a boat mishap involving passengers and goods loaded from Nansa village by the river band upstream Shiroro dam.
Mr Inga said the boat was heading towards a Kwara Saturday market in Zumba when it hit a tree stump and broke into two midway.
The emergency official said search and rescue operation was very slow as the area of the incident was a bandit enclave as rescuers were afraid of being kidnapped.
