Boat carrying 200 people capsizes in Nigeria

The boat had about 200 passengers on board, coming from the neighbouring country of Niger. [Courtesy]

A boat ferrying about 200 people capsized in the northwestern Nigerian state of Kebbi on Wednesday but the number of casualties remains unclear, a state spokesman said.

The wooden boat capsized near Wara, a town on the shores of Kainji Lake, part of the Niger River, said Yahaya Sarki, a spokesman the governor of Kebbi.