Many Missing After Bus Plunged Into River Dead Body Recovered

One body was recovered out of 14 passengers in a vehicle that crashed into River Rima, Sokoto state during flooding.

A commercial vehicle, carrying 14 passengers on Thursday, plunged into the river as water submerged the road including the bridge at Tashar Illela on Sokoto-Kware-Illela road. 

A Rescue Officer from National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Mr Aminu Ambursa, told NAN that as at Saturday morning, only one body has been recovered and taken to Specialist Hospital Sokoto. 

Ambursa said the rescue effort continued, with the police, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) Sokoto State and Federal Fire Services, combining forces