Tragedy strikes Anambra as boat capsizes, leaving 9 rescued and 76 missing

     An engine boat carrying 85 passengers capsized at Umunankwo in Ogbaru local government area of Anambra. 

        The engine boat took off from Onukwu bridge and was heading to Nkwo market, Ogbakuba before it capsized. Report states that 76 of the passengers were still missing.

    Transition committee chairman of Ogbaru, Pascal Aniegbuna said, “while some of the passengers were rescued, several others, unfortunately lost their lives.”

      One of the officials of the State of Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, said:  “The engine boat that loaded about 85 passengers at Onukwu bridge Ossomala enroute to Nkwo Ogbakuba market capsized this morning. Only 9 passengers were rescued, the rest are yet to be seen".