Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, from the state of Kwara, has been condemned with families of the victims of Gbajibo Boat Mishap, local Kaiama Government of the State, which involves merchants from the state of Niger during the weekend.
In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the governor, Rafiu Ajakaye, the governor also sends condolences to the government of the state of Niger for the sad incident.
The governor reiterated his appeal to the operators and passengers of the boats so that they adhere to the security regulations for the good of all, describing as a painful and unacceptable culture of not using security devices repeatedly provided by the government.
He prays to God to deposit the souls of the victims.
It is remembered that an incident of boat accidents the lives of 27 people in the area last Thursday, a few months after a boat accident charged more than 100 lives in the Gbajibo community in the area of ​​the local government of Kaiama of the state of Kwara.
He met that the passengers in the unfortunate boat returned from the market expedition in the state of Niger when the incident occurred.
It also met that the incident that occurred at night was as a result of passenger overload. An eyewitness and a survivor, who narrated how the incident happened, said the incident occurred on Thursday night while returning from Niger's state due to overload. The eyewitness, who could not give the exact number of passengers on the ship, said that the heavy wind that accompanied a fall of the rain was also responsible for the incident. In the development of the Kaiama government area, the Kaiama government area, Abdullah, Danladi, who led to the fall of the government to talk about the president of the Government. The families of the victims on Saturday said that the government would no longer tolerate the almost annual fact.