ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- No fewer than 76 persons have been feared dead as an engine boat with about 85 passengers on board capsized in Anambra early Saturday morning.
It was gathered that the boat took off from Onukwu Bridge and was heading for Nkwo market, Ogbakuba in Ogbaru Local Government Area, Anambra State, before it capsized.
Sources revealed that only nine persons have been rescued while the rest are yet to be seen.
Although details of the incident were still sketchy as at the time of filing the report, unconfirmed official sources from a State Emergency Management Authority (NEMA) said the incident happened on Saturday morning.
According to him: “It has happened. An engine boat that loaded about 85 passengers at Onukwu bridge Ossomala enroute to Nkwo Ogbakuba market capsized this morning. Only nine passengers were rescued, the rest are yet to be seen.
“I wasn’t there when the boat loaded but the information we got unofficially is that it loaded 85.”