Five die in Jigawa as canoe capsizes
Tragedy in Jigawa State as five lives are lost in a canoe accident while crossing a flood-submerged road in Gantsa town.
Five lives were tragically lost when a canoe capsized in Gantsa town, Buji Local Government Area, Jigawa State. The victims were attempting to cross a flood-submerged road when disaster struck. The canoe, carrying five passengers, overturned, plunging them into the water below. Despite a swift response from local police and divers, all five were found lifeless. The victims—Lurwanu Adamu, Idris Abubakar, Fiddausi Dahiru, Ramla Nura, and Usman Adamu—were residents of Malamawar Gangare, Birnin Kudu LGA. Their bodies were taken to Gantsa Cottage Hospital, where they were pronounced dead and later handed over to their grieving families for burial.
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