Illustrative photo of a boat mishap
According to a report on Vanguard,a local boat carrying nine
passengers and three motorcycles, which capsized at Ngira village across
River Donga in Sadauna LGA of Taraba state, has led to the death of one
victim, while three others are missing including a senior driver to the
Speaker of Taraba State House of Assembly, Peter Abel Diah.
It was gathered that the tragic boat mishap incident occurred
during the past weekend as the driver was said to be on his way from
Gyembu the headquarters of Sadauna LGA where he attended a wedding of
the son of Abubakar Bawa, the Special Adviser to the Taraba State
Governor on political matters.
Speaking to Vanguard through his personal assistant, Muhamed
Harris, the state's speaker, Rt. Hon. Peter Diah, regretted the incident
and also blamed the accident on overloading of the local boat and lack
of accessible road within the area.
The speaker regretted that the accident would have been avoided if
the rider of the local boat conveyed the passengers according to the
capacity of the boat, adding that the former Chairman of Sadauna LGA,
Dawood Joduwa and an Councilor from the local government area were among
the five victims that survived the accident.
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