Dozens of people were feared drowned on Sunday at around 3:30 pm when a boat carrying passengers capsized on its way from a market in Loko, in the Nasarawa Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.
Eyewitness reports stated that the boat, which had about 100 passengers, did not reach its destination before it capsized, adding that some passengers were rescued with different degrees of injury, others still went missing.
He alleged that a team of local divers were still making efforts to find the missing passengers.
DSP Kennedy Idirisu the Police Public Relations Officer, Nasarawa State Command, said he had not been informed of anything and promised to get back to the correspondent after making some finding. However, he had yet to do so as of press time
Some residents of the community, who spoke to our correspondent, appealed to the state government to fast-track the construction of the Loko/Ewato Bridge to ease the transportation problem of residents.