Boat Mishap: Gov. Idris Consoles Yauri people Over Death of 14 People By JAMIL GULMA, Kebbi

Boat Mishap: Gov. Idris Consoles Yauri people Over Death of 14 People

By JAMIL GULMA, Kebbi

The Kebbi State Governor, Comrade Dr Nasir Idris, Kauran Gwandu, has consoled the people of Yauri Local Government Area and Yauri Emirate over the boat mishap that claimed the lives of 14 people.

He sympathized with the immediate family members, the local government, the emirate as well as the good people of Yauri. The governor represented by the local government chairman Hon. Abubakar Shu’aibu at the Janaza (funeral prayer), urged the family to accept the will of God Almighty in good faith.

The governor prayed God Almighty to forgive their shortcomings and grant them Jannatul Firdaus.

“I appeal to you to accept this in good faith bearing in mind that nothing happens without the knowledge of our creator.

“God does what He wants at the time He wants and nobody has the right to question Him,” he said.

Narrating the ordeal, the chairman said the accident occured at Gumbi village in Gumbi ward of Yauri LG after they accompanied a bride to her husband’s house at Gwarzo village in Ngaski LG.

“The celebrants were on their way back home when the boat capsized and over 100 people drowned, 14 people consisting of 13 females and a child died.

“All the deceased persons have been buried according to Islamic rites. We pray Allah (SWT) to forgive them and accept their Shahada,” he prayed