Niger Boat Mishap: Six more bodies recovered

Six more bodies have been recovered from the river where a boat capsised Tuesday night in Niger State.

Local divers and rescue teams of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) and National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) had earlier recovered 36 bodies, 20 of them on Thursday.

The director-general of the state Emergency Management Agency, Abdullahi Baba-Arah, said the latest bodies were recovered between 6 p.m. on Thursday and 9 a.m. on Friday.