13 rescued as 18 seater bus plunged into river Niger in Kogi State
No fewer than Four corpses have been recovered and 13 others rescued alive while one person still missing as an 18 seater bus plunged into the Black River a tributary to river Niger in kotonkarfe in Kogi State. The accident occured around 7.30 pm, on Tuesday, when the driver of the bus slept off and lost control thereby plunging into the river. According to the state Commandant of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Suleiman Mafara, who disclosed this to our correspondent in Lokoja said on the receipt of the distress call, his men of the Disaster and Crisis
