Kwara boat accident: 100 dead and more missing in Nigeria

More than 100 radical person drowned and much are missing aft a vessel carrying them down the River Niger successful south-western Nigeria capsized, authorities say.

The vas was carrying much than 300 passengers travelling from Kwara authorities to Niger authorities aft a wedding ceremony.

Search and rescue efforts are ongoing to find much victims, officials said.

The vessel capsized aft it crashed into a tree, a accepted section ruler said.

"Dozens of radical were feared killed and galore others [are] inactive missing", a connection from the Kwara authorities Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq said connected Tuesday.

The Emir of Patigi, Ibrahim Umar Bologi II - the accepted ruler of the country wherever it happened - said much than 150 radical had died.

He told journalists that stream waves overtook the vessel and forced it to clang into a histrion that had washed into the river, causing the vessel to capsize.

A Kwara authorities constabulary spokesperson told AFP quality bureau the decease toll was apt to emergence arsenic hunt and rescue efforts continued.

Kwara authorities politician Mr AbdulRazaq gave his "heartfelt condolences" to the victims' loved ones - and said rescuers were continuing to hunt for survivors.

River accidents successful this portion of Nigeria are common.

People who unrecorded successful the villages bordering the River Niger, which runs done the centre of the country, often usage the stream arsenic it tin beryllium faster than roads, which are often poorly maintained and unsafe owed to the beingness of kidnapping gangs.

However vessel operators often overload their rickety vessels successful a bid to gain much money.