The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC)Jigawa Command through is Public Relations Officer, ACSC Badruddeen Tijjani, confirmed the incident in a statement issued to newsmen in Dutse, the state capital, on Tuesday, 29 July, 2025
According toTijjani , seven other persons survived the incident that occurred at Zangon Maje village at about 5pm on Sunday, 27 July, 2025.
The state NSCDC image-maker explained that the incident occurred when the canoe conveying 17 passengers, mostly young girls between 10 and 13 years, from Digawa village in Jahun LGA to Zangon Maje village in Taura LGA, capsized mid-way through the journey.
“Preliminary reports confirmed that out of the 17 passengers onboard, seven were rescued alive, four dead bodies have been recovered, while five persons remain missing as of the time of this release.
“Out of the 17 passengers, 16 were females. This highlights the devastating impact of this incident on young lives,” he lamented., just as he also added that rescue efforts, led by the NSCDC in collaboration with local divers and community volunteers, were still being intensified to recover the missing victims.
According to him, the cause of the accident is yet to be ascertained, while an investigation is still ongoing to determine the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Tijjani reassured the public that the command was taking all necessary measures to avert future recurrences and ensure safety across the state’s waterways.

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It was learnt that the victims were on their way to the popular Buniyadi market when their vehicle stepped on the suspected IED.

The corpses of the four victims had been taken home for burial while the others are receiving medical treatment at a specialist hospital and Yobe State University Teaching Hospital Damaturu, respectively.

Meanwhile the relations of the victims have called on the Yobe State Government to as a matter of urgency reconstruct the dilapidated road to avert the activities of the insurgents as lives of the communities and the military formation at Goniri are at high risk.

The Gotala community, where the incident happened is located at the fringes of the Sambisa forest where the suspected Boko Haram insurgents have been operating for the past one and a half decades.

Yobe State Police Command is yet to issue a statement on the development as at the time of filing this report.

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