Former president Muhammadu Buhari has expressed grief over the recent incident in Niger State, where a boat capsized, leading to the death of several persons.
In a release by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, the former president joined the governments and the people of Kwara and Niger States as they continue to receive bodies of the victims of the incident, which occurred in River Niger a few days ago.
In a message to the states, whose citizens were mostly affected, the former president said that he was extremely pained by the agonizing incident, adding that his heart and prayers were for the repose of the soul of the dead, and the successful rescue of several dozens of the victims, who were mostly women and children that were still missing in the water.
“My thoughts are with the bereaved families. I join the prayers for the rescue of those still missing. May Allah repose the souls of the deceased and grant our prayers for the return of those missing, alive and well, to their families,” he said.