Five persons have drown after a speed boat taking residents to the market capsized at Mawogi, Abaji in the FCT, Daily Trust reports.
The boat driver and four others survived as they were able to swim to the river bank after the mishap.
The corpses of the deceased were yet to be recovered as at the time of filing this report.
Some residents said 10 passengers, four motorcycles and bags of farm produce were in the boat when it capsized.
A resident, Ibrahim Garba, said the incident happened on Thursday morning when the villagers were taking their farm produce to the market via River Gurara, adding that four of the deceased were from Eju village while one person was from Adalami village.
A combined rescue effort involving the police, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps and Fire Service was on going.
Meanwhile, the chairman of Abaji Area Council, Alhaji Abdulrahaman Ajiya, has condoled the residents.
Ajiya, who visited the community on Saturday, expressed shock and sadness over the death of the travellers and assured that the council would make effort to recover their bodies.
He urged the family of the victims to take solace in God and pray for their souls to rest in peace.
It was learnt that the ill-fated speed boat was donated by the council chairman early this year to residents of the community.
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