No bandits drowned in Sokoto River – NIWA

The National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA, has debunked reports that astir 150 bandits drowned successful a vessel mishap successful Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State.

NIWA Area Manager successful complaint of Sokoto Zonal Office, Mr Bello Bala, dismissed the report, describing it arsenic fake successful an interrogation with the News Agency of Nigeria connected Monday successful Sokoto.

Bala said that determination was nary specified incident, adding that the mentioned stream was not navigable.

He appealed to the media to beryllium wary of spreading misinformation and ever verify quality from credible sources, assuring that the authorization was ever readily disposable to respond.

The country manager reiterated that NIWA had been engaging riverine communities connected information measures, guidelines, usage of beingness jackets, and different considerations connected h2o usage.

He stressed that if determination was specified an incident, assemblage members would study to the h2o users relation leaders.

Meanwhile, a root from 8 Division of the Nigerian Army Sokoto besides confirmed that the study was fake, arsenic determination was nary specified occurrence successful the areas.

The source, who pleaded for anonymity, said troops were contiguous crossed the areas and determination was nary study connected vessel capsisi...