Abuja, Jan. 5 -- At least 25 people died, and 14 others are still missing after a boat carrying mostly local fishermen and farmers capsized along the Yobe River in Nigeria's northern region, emergency services and police said on Sunday.
Mohammed Goje, head of the Yobe State Emergency Management Agency, said in a statement that 13 other passengers were rescued after the boat capsized in Garbi town in the Nguru Local Government Area on Saturday evening.
The wooden boat overturned mid-journey en route to the northern state of Yobe from Adiyani, a neighboring town in the northwestern state of Jigawa, said Goje, who confirmed that emergency responders and local community volunteers had swung into action to rescue the victims.
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