NEMA, confirmed the development through a statement posted on its X on Thursday, said the incident occurred on Tuesday and involved a boat carrying about 80 passengers travelling from Onugwa community to Olushi village in Ibaji LGA.
“According to reports, the incident happened at about 5:40 p.m. on Tuesday, 30th September 2025, when a boat carrying about 80 passengers capsized while en route to Olushi village after departing from Onugwa community in Ibaji LGA.
“Upon receiving the report, the Director General of NEMA, Mrs. Zubaida Umar, immediately activated the Agency’s Abuja Operations Office, directing it to deploy personnel to the scene of the tragedy in support of ongoing local rescue efforts. The deployment underscores NEMA’s resolve to provide timely intervention and strengthen coordination with state and community responders.
“Search and Rescue (SAR) operations commenced swiftly, leading to the rescue of 24 passengers alive. Sadly, 14 corpses have so far been recovered, while 42 persons remain missing as efforts to locate and recover them continue,” NEMA stated in the statement, just as it also added that community divers are actively assisting official rescue teams, and the operation is ongoing with updates to follow.
According to the agency, the rescue efforts are being coordinated with the active participation of multiple agencies and stakeholders, including the Kogi State Emergency Management Agency; the Local Emergency Management Committee, Ibaji; the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps; the National Inland Waterways Authority; the Fire Service; the Nigerian Red Cross Society; local divers; and community members.
“The joint effort underscores the importance of multi-agency collaboration in tackling disasters and ensuring a timely response.
“The NEMA response team, led by the Head of Abuja Operations Office, Mr. Zakari Abubakar, has also visited the traditional ruler of Onugwa community, Chief Patrick Arome, and commiserated with him and the people over the tragic incident.
“The tragedy further highlights the urgent need for strict compliance with water safety regulations, including the use of life jackets and enforcement of passenger limits on boats,” it added.
While earlier reports had put the death toll at 26, the latest report from NEMA confirmed that 24 passengers were rescued, 14 bodies recovered, and 42 people remain missing following the boat accident.
Meanwhile, President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday condoled with the government and people of Kogi State over the sad incident.

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The Niger Commissioner for Primary Health Care, Dr Ibrahim Ahmed Dangana made this disclosure on Wednesday while speaking during a live radio programme tagged Media Chat, organised by the State Ministry of Information and Strategy explained that the situation has been brought under control.

According to Dangana, 10 persons are on admission across the state, adding that water treatment kits and other consumables donated by UNICEF have been distributed to over 14,000 households to curtail the outbreak.

The commissioner disclosed that 14 deaths have so far been recorded and, out of the 327 patients hospitalised, fewer than 10 remain on admission across the state for cholera.

“After the outbreak, the state immediately activated the State Inter Sectoral on Emergency Preparedness and Response; the Emergency Operation Centres, in the state and activated the Disease Surveillance Systems in the 274 wards and communities across 25 LGs of the state.

“We identified isolation centres and similarly, we have what we call Cholera Treatment Units, CTU, in all the 25 LGAs across the state and these have really helped us in curbing the spread.

“The ministry, with support from various MDAs and partners like UNICEF, was very active and I can tell you that we are winning the battle against cholera.” Dangana said

He added that  the ministry has embarked on aggressive sensitisation by reaching out to over 16,000 people, including schoolchildren, markets, and religious and traditional institutions, to create awareness about the disease.

Speaking on the development, the Health Specialist, UNICEF Kaduna Field Office, Dr Idris Baba, explained that the supplies provided so far are sufficient to treat all cases currently identified and admitted in the state.

Baba disclosed that some of the items include community and periphery AWD kits, cholera kits, 40 cholera beds, Ringer’s lactate, normal saline with giving sets, antibiotics, scrubs, disposable gowns, heavy-duty and surgical gloves, boots, water purification tablets, chlorine solutions, calcium hypochlorite, and water and stool testing RDTs.

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