Nigeria: Four Die in Jigawa Canoe Mishap

3 January 2013

Four persons lost their lives in a canoe mishap in Kirikasamma Local Government Area of Jigawa, an eyewitness has said.

The witness told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the accident occurred on Tuesday when a wooden canoe conveying nine passengers capsized at the Hadejia River.

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