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    Kogi flood: Again Boat mishap in Ganaja Village kill one person.

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    Olu Samuel, Lokoja

    Another boat carrying passengers in Ganaja Village has almost capsized, killing one person.

    Sources said the boat lost balance, with one of the passenger having to hold a naked electric pole, got electrocuted in the process died.

    Efforts was made to rescue other Passengers in the process.
    Kogi State has been the epicenter of the 2022 flood with this year’s flood some people said and by devastation have surpassed the 2012 episode.

    The flood has not only submerged houses, roads were equally submerged as the water overflowed it banks with people left with the option of canoes and ferry boats as alternative means of movement.

    Efforts to confirm the mishap from the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Williams Ayah proved abortive as he could not to be reached.

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