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5 persons die as car plunges into Canal in Kogi
Five persons on Saturday drowned when a car plunged into a canal along River Niger in Kogi.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident happened at Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi at about 4.30 p.m. on Friday.
Mr Pius Kolawale, Chairman, Yagba West LGA, Kogi, who confirmed the incident to NAN, said the incident was very sad and unfortunate.
Kolawale, however, confirmed that one of the five occupants in the car escaped death as he swarm to safety, aided by a fisherman, who unfortunately himself drowned.
Kolawale said that when the incident happened at about 4.30 p.m. on Friday, he put a call to the Council’s Police Divisional Officer (DPO), who came with his men and took the corpses to a morgue.
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