The Niger State Emergency Management Agency, NSEMA says only the driver and a lady survived the boat mishap that occurred on Sunday at Zhigiri village, Shiroro Local Government Area of the state.
Director-General of the agency Ahmed Inga told newsmen in Minna that the bodies of the seven victims of the mishap had also been recovered.
He added that the mishap occurred while the boat was sailing to Dnaweto, a neighbouring village in the hinterland, for a naming ceremony, saying the passengers of the boat were nine and they took off from Zhijigiri village to Dnaweto village.
The Director General said the boat sailed on the water from the ongoing construction of the Zungeru hydroelectric power dam.
Also, Spokesperson of Coalition of Shiroro Associations, COSA Silas Saba in a statement confirmed that seven persons died in the boat mishap.
Saba, who decried the current challenges caused by the establishment of the Zungeru hydro-electric power dam in the community, said the incident occurred at 4pm on Sunday.
He added that the incident occurred when the villagers were sailing to Dnaweto; a neighbouring village in the hinterland for a naming ceremony.
The spokesperson of the group said that a man, Muazu Babangida, lost his two wives and a son in the mishap.
